canterbury tales

Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales was one of the great pieces of literary work studied in English Literature I. This medieval literary work was by far one of the favorites studied by all people. The Canterbury Tales was my favorite selection because each individual tale dealt with a 'theme' that was real not only in medieval times but also in the present day. The first tale was the Pardoner's who's theme, avarice (greed) is the root …

…prejudice is sexism, which is obvious in everyday life. For example, on average women are not paid as much as men and are not expected to be as smart as men. In round about ways those tie into sexism. It puts men above of the women though they maybe doing the same job and be of equal intelligence. In many ways prejudice is the cause of hate, which the Prioress's tale demonstrated to an extreme.