The Worldview Of Society In Geoffrey Chaucers The...

â€Å"Time and tide wait for no man† (Chaucer). Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) was a man of creativity, a mind for artful thinking, and a soul full of poetic writing. Chaucer attended St. Paul’s Cathedral School where poets such as Virgil and Ovid strongly influenced Chaucers’ writings (Britannica). Chaucer in his book The Canterbury Tales depicts society as being corrupted and morally declined. Chaucers life of events such as his time as a prisoner of war (Biography.com) had impacted his outlook on the world and the people around him as unethical and nefarious. Geoffrey Chaucer utilizes his novel The Canterbury Tales to portray his worldview on society as being materialistic, self-centered and lustful to describe and compare the world he once†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"I governed so well in my way that each of them was most happy and eager to bring me gay things from the fair† (Chaucer The Wife Of Bath 303). He illustrates the pride and arrogance t hat the lady promotes of herself as if she is the â€Å"prize†, and â€Å"treasure† all the men fight over. In todays society people are told that â€Å"everyones a winner†, or they say â€Å"you are perfect†. Those saying might sound like an appealing statement, but can slowly capture the human’s mind into the wrong direction. The human mind takes those statements and slowly corrupts them. Interpreting it as if humans are perfect and don’t have to work hard or knowledge that fact that they are sinful people that need forgiveness. Society in Chaucers’ time and society today have the same pride issues, and people will continuously have those issues without the saving grace of Christ. â€Å"It so happened that this King Arthur had in his house a lusty bachelor.† (Chaucer Wife Of Bath 339). In Chaucers combination of poetry, he slowly manifests the word â€Å"lust†. In his writings, many of the characters are represented as being lustful. They are desiring sexual pleasures that do not belong in their hearts. Culture in Chaucer’s time encouraged such desires by bragging about their love life outside of marriage, while also mocking the people that are sworn to chastity. In today’s culture lust remains the same. People today promote the