Chaucer's masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales, reflects a very opinionated view of manners and the behaviors of medieval women. ... To look more closely at the differences we must not go to far, let us look at the " General Prologue." ... We must also note that by being able to travel up the social class from a peasant to a sort of merchant she must also be not without intelligence. ... Chaucer does a great job in depicting these women as though they are from two different ends of the spectrum. ... That he is doing so to educate women through his tale that there are times that women shou...

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