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Essay Archive - General Prologue: Human Dishonesty, Stupidity and Virtue
General Prologue: Human Dishonesty, Stupidity and Virtue
In the "General Prologue," Chaucer presents an array of characters from
the 1400's in order to paint portraits of human dishonesty and stupidity as well
as virtue. Out of these twenty-nine character portraits three of them are
especially interesting because they deal with charity. Charity during the
1400's, was a virtue of both religious and human traits. One character, the
Parson, exemplifies Chaucer's idea of charity, and two characters, Prioress, and
Friar, to satirize the idea of charity and sh....
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