The fact that Alison talks about her views on marriage and virginity is just as controversial as her character. Alison's character contrast the woman of her time as she is very verbal, sexual, and dominant. By the social standards during this time, women may have been expected to be passive, submissive and feminine. Overall, I believe that Chaucer's objective was to reflect a reality going against the societal norms in the story of Canterbury Tales. Chaucer is not empathic to the unjust treatment to the women of his time. I say this only because he writes Alison's demeanor as manipulative and cunning. He writes the Prologue longer then the tale in order for us to fully understand her story and the place where her narrative derives from. The