Throughout the history of literature, Chaucer’s work is the most renown of his time period. After a long list of works written earlier in his career, The Canterbury Tales is near unanimously seen as Chaucer's best work. He uses the tales and the descriptions of its characters to paint an ironic and critical portrait of English society at the time, and particularly of the Church. Chaucer's use of such a wide range of classes and types of people was without precedent in English. Although the characters are fictional, they still offer a variety of insights into the customs and practices of the time. Often, such insight leads to a variety of discussions and disagreements among people in the 14th century. For example, although various social classes are represented in these stories and all of the pilgrims are on a spiritual quest, it is apparent that they are more concerned with worldly things than spiritual. If Chaucer were writing today, he might’ve brought along a celebrity, an atheist, and a professional athlete to create more modern tales of society. …show more content…
It is possible that celebrities hate the famous side of their status. That fame is overpowering everything else. We all want to be epic and don’t know why. Want to be important, to be needed. We look at celebrities and we envy them: their money, possessions, and prestige. We want their lives. But why? What do celebrities seem to have that others do not? An audience. People who love them. So when we want the lives of actors and rock stars and millionaires, what are we really saying? That we wished someone loved us. We want this fame, but in the end it becomes tedious to deal with