Last week the seniors in English IV were taken back in time to the Middle Ages by Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. Through different tales from perspectives of all the social classes of the feudal pyramid, we were able to experience a glimpse of what life was like during that time and what Chaucer thought of each the characters.

My favorite tale was the Wife of Bath, it started off as a tale of feminism and ended with room for debate. Chaucer praised the Wife of Bath and her sophisticated ways in the prologue. In the ending though her story was less about her being a strong woman and it focused more on the knight she told a tale of. It was interesting to debate over whether or not the knight had learned his lesson from his wrong doing. I felt that when being given a choice like he was he never would be able to learn his lesson because in the end he was rewarded.

My least favorite tale was the Pardoner, his actions completely contradicted the Code of Clergy that he was suppose to live. In a time where Christianity was the center of society, the Pardoner imitated a Christ figure and advertised his ability to free the peasants of their sins but really was a sleazy ripoff.

I normally am not a big fan of old time English literature but these stories felt more like lessons and were easy to understand and almost even relate to in a different way.