Propaganda Over Art

Propaganda over Art Geoffrey Chaucer, in “The General Prologue” of the Canterbury Tales uses both art and propaganda to elaborate on what he sees in each of the people beginning the pilgrimage. When examining the difference between art and propaganda, one first needs to define what exactly these terms mean. For the purpose of this argument, art will be considered a way of portraying ideas by using words and phrases open for interpretation. However, propaganda …

…art and propaganda to help the reader understand the Wif of Bathe. The art is used to help in visualization of the character and the interpretation is purely pictorial and not needed to understand the poem fully. The narrator uses propaganda to put forth beliefs unbeknownst to the some readers and push views that require interpretation. The hope of the narrator in these interpretations is to hider the characters prominence and change any preconceived ideas.