It is apparent from Chaucer's characterizations of the members of medieval society the values and morals found within members of modern society are much the same today as they were in Chaucer's time. Therefore, since one learns from his mistakes, studying The Canterbury Tales should provide positive change. Three of the wayward characteristics shown in The Canterbury Tales are: sexual immorality (the Friar), gluttony (the Prioress), and lastly there is hypocrisy (the Yeoman.).
The Friar in Chaucer's story is a womanizer. Even though he took vows to remain chaste, he goes out and gets many girls pregnant. In this day and age it is hard to find a guy who is not a womanizer. Men think it cool to see how many girls they can "get" in a lifetime. People would think that if they did not love a person they would not have sex with them, but that is not the case. They even cheat on their wives, like the Friar cheats on God, just because they can. If these men were handed Chaucer's beginning pages, where he describes his characters, and they read about the Friar, most of them would change their ways. It is wrong to be sexually immoral. Sex is for marriage and it is to stay between the two that are married. God did not give mankind the gift of sex just so they could have it whenever and with whomever. He gave it as a gift to a man and his wife.
In the world today, people see many obese humans. This is because they are, like the Prioress, obsessed with food. They love the smell, the taste, the texture, and even the sight of food. Instead of being energetic and going outside, they eat. They eat when they are angry, depressed, happy, or content. Mankind just cannot do without food. Food is their lifeline to all problems. It also is just something humans love. Humans are gluttonous. If they read the paragraph about the .
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Prioress and how she eats so well, when she took a vow to remain poor and serve God, then they would give up on eating to the point of unhealthiness.