English, 02.10.2019 00:50 madmar

Read the excerpt from the canterbury tales.

i only preach of avarice and the like, and in this way induce them to be free in giving cash—especially to me. because my only interest is in gain; i’ve none whatever in rebuking sin.

how does the excerpt satirize the church?

a. by exaggerating the greedy nature of the clergy
b. by describing the violent behavior of the clergy
c. by explaining the excessive salaries of the clergy
d. by ridiculing the lack of knowledge among the clergy

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From Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, What caused Chaucer to poke fun at the church in "The Canterbury Tales" is, Chaucer thought that important clergymen were often corrupt and hypocritical.

In the General prologue, Chaucer satirizes several characters from various classes and professions. Beginning with the highest class to lower. The first character whom Chaucer introduces is the Prioress who is a nun.

Herein, the excerpt talks about the Pardoner, who is described as someone who deceives people to buy holy artifacts which are fraud. Therefore, it satirizes church by exaggerating the greedy nature of the clergy.

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by exaggerating the greedy nature of the clergy

Further Explanation:

The Canterbury Tales was a collection which had 24 stories and this was written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the Middle English language. These tales were written and came into existence during the period of 1387 and 1400. The collection of these tales took place during this very period of time and these tales are said to be Chaucer's most famous works. These tales were shown as a part of a contest which was related to storytelling and this contest was conducted by the group of Pilgrims who traveled together from London to Canterbury as the prize, A free meal was given.

Time and again it has been proved and said many times that popularisation of English was the greatest contribution by the Canterbury tales to English literature in mainstream literature against French, Italian and Latin language. English, on the other hand, was used as a literary language from the centuries before Chaucer's time.

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Grade: High School

Chapter: The Canterbury Tales

Subject: English

Keywords:

The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer, English literature, Prize group, Pilgrims, Storytelling, Contribution, Contest, Free Meal.

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or you can just ask him to move away from his house

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