Satire in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

Satire in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

A number of critics contend that Geoffrey Chaucer uses satire in The Canterbury Tales to make fun of the clergy, women, and members of the medical profession. He makes fun of medical professionals via astrological prophecy. He satirizes the wealthy burgher's Wife of Bath and the Miller's wife in The Miller's Tale. The only characters who appear to escape such satire in the "Prologue" are the Clerk of Oxford, a poor student, and a religious clerk who is depicted a extremely respectful. Other than these, The Canterbury

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