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It was very interesting to study Chaucer. I particularly liked the fact that he spoke and described in detail all the characters with whom he pilgrimaged.


There isn't anything I didn't like in particular but just some descriptions of some characters were more interesting to me than others.
For example, I really liked the description of the Wife of Bath but in addition to the physical characteristics, the internal ones. His character struck me a lot.


However, as I said before, a character that I didn't like very much is the Prioress.
But in general, in my opinion, Chaucer did an excellent and interesting job.


To conclude I would like to say that in my opinion in some reasons the characters described by Chaucer are not very different from some individuals who exist today.

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I really enjoyed studying Chaucer during the English literature classes, especially for his audacity in criticizing a corrupt form of the church and making fun of some medieval characters

My favorite character is the Wife of Bath for her evolution over time. Initially being a humble seamstress she manages to become a rich and independent person.

The character I liked least is the Pardoner because with the sale of indulgences and false relics he managed to steal money from the ignorant mass of people

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I’m enjoying studying Chaucer for the variety of his themes and above all because in his most famous narrative poem, “ The Canterbury Tales”, he brings together a large number of characters who go on pilgrimage from different social classes and also because in his stories he uses a lot of sense of humor and also uses irony.

The character that I liked the most was the wife of Bath.

I especially liked the physical and character description that the author adopts and the context from which she came.

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"Ready to go on pilgrimage and start to Canterbury, full devout at heart"                                                                     -Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales    

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I firmly believe that even the oldest authors can be updated. Geoffrey Chaucer managed to show his contempt for the corruption of the Church through his strengths: his writing ability linked to his irony. Nowadays, many activists are doing similarly (e.g. Bansky: his graffiti art, symbol of protest, allow the viewer to reflect on the society we live in).

What has fascinated me the most about Chaucer is his irony. Moreover, he was the first English author to describe the society as it was in reality, taking into account not only the arystocracy but the entire community (except the slaves).

I can say that, among those characters I've studied so far, my favourite one has been the Wife of Bath because, within the medieval society, she proves the existence of strong women who were neither afraid to express their feelings nor to claim personal freedom. Actually, she goes on pilgrimage by herself and she has her economic indipendence thanks to her job as a seamstress. But the Wife of Bath can't be compared to a 20th century woman because she still has many medieval aspects; nevertheless, she certainly is closer to us than her contemporaries. Instead, I didn't like the Pardoner because, although his figure was openly recognized in the clergy, I can't tolerate the fact that he skams people, especially the poorest ones, in order to sell them what he pretended to be relics and indulgences.

All in all, studying Chaucer has made me more curious because I had to immerse myself in a completely different reality and understand different worldviews from my own.

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I liked studying Chauser beacause he has a good way to use irony and sometimes his poem, the Canterbury Tales, seems very close to nowdays, for example when he talks about some characters like the Wife of Bath and the Prioress. Generally I don’t like the period of the middle ages, and I prefer the writer who use prose, like Boccaccio, than those who write in verse expecially if there are a lot of descriptions and stories.

My favourite character was the Wife of Bath, because some of her behaviors were very close to nowdays, and she rappresents a part of the middle ages that isn’t very well know above at school: the women’s situation and if there was someone who was trasgressive. The Wife of Bath is the perfect example and I loved her.

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In my opinion, the authors from the past participate in the formation of contemporary literature by influencing and inspiring new writers and for this reason it is important to know them. Some authors of the past contributed to the birth of languages, models and literary genres still in use today. Many works deal with themes that are still understandable today and very close to us, so they can still teach us a lot.

Personally, I really enjoyed studying Chaucer because in “The Canterbury Tales” he accurately describes the society of the time criticizing the bad attitudes especially of the clergy. His style is captivating and fun thanks to a realistic touch and the use of irony and sense of humor. His poems are a different way to understand the habits and mentality of the Middle Age.

The character that struck me the most is the pardoner, a preacher who raised money by selling indulgences, because it shows how the religious figures of the 14th century were only interested in enriching themselves, even through deception, and enjoying their privileges, without worrying about poor and needy people.

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Personally, I really liked to study Geoffrey Chaucer in English Literature because he denounced and criticized the corruption of the Church and of the religious figures of the medieval age, with an ironic and realistic touch. Moreover, Chaucer, with his Canterbury Tales, gave us a complete portrait of the medieval society, describing accurately every character of the narrative poem.

The character that I liked the most was the Wife of Bath, because she is an independent woman who became rich by being a very expert seamstress.

However, the character that I liked the least was the Pardoner, because he was a preacher that exploited the ignorance of poor and illiterate people to earn money by selling them indulgences and fake relics.

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I believe that the authors of the past seem very distant from us, even if by reading their works we can notice that we also experience the events that happende in the past today, even if a different way.

Chaucer is a writer which made his works so interesting and even for our generation.

I liked Chaucer's writing style, his way of portaying his characters and the period in which he was writing.

I like Chaucer because in his works always represents characters which are inspired by real-life people and this helps us to understand the life of people from that century, the social status, the way of living and the language they used.

The character I like is The Wife of Bath. Though she is a seamstress by occupation, she seems be a professional wife. She fights against the devaluation of women and the taboos surrounding female sexuality. I think she is a feminist icon.

I didn't like The Pardoner in the Canterbury Tales represents the community of pardoners in the Catholic church who sell indulgences to people for the forgiveness of their sins. The Pardoner is a complete fraud, and he's not shy about revealing this fact to the other pilgrims. He admits that his relics are false.

Chaucer's characters seem very much of our times, I believe that Chaucer is not that far from us.

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I believe that Chaucer is very close to our modern world, especially for his work “The Canterbury Tales”, because i think that his novel can be adapted to nowadays, devasted by the pandemic, in wich the idea of inventing stories everyday, with family or friends, would have increased our creativity and given us a way to spend time, without having all the difficulties we had in returning to normal life.

I liked study Chaucer both for the first reason and because his work is enjoyable and also funny, thanks to the irony he used to write his story, furthermore it’s a good way to study the middle age without the boredom of a normal history book, having also nice details that can help us to remember the events happened better.

My favorite character is the Wife of Bath, because she is and independent woman, economically because she has a job and earns with it and also she isn’t married. She travels and goes on pilgrimage on her own without a man with her. She goes on pilgrimage to meet new people and have fun with them, she likes life and love and I like the modernity of her character.

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I liked studying Chauser because i really like his irony that he puts in every single character and the fact that he always make the characters have both a good side (like the wife of bath and the prioress were good company or the fact that the pardoner was a good singer) and a bad side which is the part with the most irony and the part I prefer (for example the strange richness of the monk or of the pardoner or the fact that the prioress behave like a nobel woman even though she's not).

The only fowl in Chauser's poem is that it is difficoult to relate to the characters and the situation of the Canterbury Tales because of the diffrences between the two time periods, for example the churc nowdays is not as important as in the 14th century, in fact even the reasons why these characters go on pilgrimage is quite diffrent from the reasons why you go on pilgrimage today also the irony would be even funnier if I could relate to the corrupted behaviour of the clergy for example, because I would maybe recognize these behaviours in other people that i know and so make It funnier.

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Personally I liked study Geoffrey Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales because first of all, I like study english literature and then I liked the topics that he faced and how he explained them and in general his style.

I liked the characters he presented, their story and also their features. I think that I haven't a pilgrim that I didn't like because in general hit me all the characters studied.

The character that hit me more is the prioress because she is a woman with features really particular for her period like be an indipendent woman or that she cares animals and has dogs. Furthermore she's very educated and elegant.

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I think that, although authors from the past may seem very far from us, we also have something in common with their culture and their behaviours. Sometimes, they can write something that is still true and in which we can find part of our thinking. Therefore, studying authors from the past can be a good choice for knowing better ourselves and the changes in our society.

I liked studying Chaucer because he reported the bad things that were common in the past. His ironical way to denounce something was the key to making his poem interesting for the people who read it and, at the same time, very true.

In his poem, Chaucer tells the characteristics of 30 different people. Although they have different professions, they are very similiar to each other. I really liked the two female characters that we studied, but the one that I liked the most was the Prioress. Both were indipendent women, but the Prioress has shown a sweeter attitude. The character that I liked the least was, indeed, the Pardoner. Chaucer described him as a greedy person who is focused on himself and doesn't care about the others.

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Sometimes, famous English authors from the past may seem very far from us. Are they really so? Write about whether you liked or didn't like studying Chaucer. Who was your favourite character? Was there anyone you didn't like among the pilgrims? Write your personal opinions. 2 or 3 paragraphs will be enough.