... to listen. She is one to use old men for money and stature and the young for sexual indulgence. This also captures her selfishness. Chaucer furthers this image in her tale when it states,Of whiche I have picked out the beste, / Bothe of hir nether purs and of hir chreste?(lines 45-46). Her plan is to use men as she ... for each individual to appear and behave. Chaucer reflects these two women more specifically to bring up a more interesting topic. That he is doing so to educate women through his tale that there are times that women should be radical feminist and there are times one shou...

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... are fed with "roasted flesh, or milk, or fine white bread' (151). Such refined things were not meant for nuns, let alone their pets. Next described is the Monk. The tale says his favorite pastime is hunting, whereas a monk should spend his days in prayer and labor. His clothes are trimmed "With fine gray fur, the finest in the land, And ... ...

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