Canterbury Tales Research Essay Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer is a poem in which thirty people who are on a pilgrimage to Canterbury each tell a tale to make the time go by faster. The group of thirty people include people from all walks of life such as a cook, sergeant at law, friar, etc. who in turn create a society. Each person defies their expectation and does not necessarily act like they are supposed to. The tales of the knight, the monk, and the sergeant at law correlate and relate to certain positions in present day society. In addition, the themes displayed in Canterbury Tales can be still seen in present day such as social satire and competition. In Canterbury Tales, the knight is described as someone who is noble and chivalrous as he should be because he has fought many battles in order to protect the king and country. He is one of the most respected character according to the third person omniscient narrator. The knight is similar to Hercules as Hercules was considered a hero just like knights were during the pilgrimage to Canterbury. Though present day police have been getting a bad rep, a police can be considered a present day knight as they are supposed to protect society and “save the day”. …show more content…
He did not act like a typical monk who was supposed to devout their life to poverty and charity. The monk plays into the theme of corrupt Christians. In modern day there still exist some corrupt Christians such as false prophets, priests who rape women, money looting pastors/churches, etc. The monk reminds me of the Father in the show called Power. In the show Power, Father Callahan uses the choir boys to sell drugs to people at their school. This exemplifies corrupt Christians as priests are not supposed to encourage sin but rather are supposed to be an example to the church which Father Callahan was not