a learned poet Geoffrey Chaucer was remarkably ahead of his time. In fragile breaching the boundaries of society, he was able to create authentic characters whose traits and appearances portrayed more of life's aspects than ever before.From a piece of his unfinished work, The Canterbury Tales: The Prologue,he molds the reader for a figure of significant importance during an age ruled by Christianity.The religious devotion expected of a church official and temptations of a secular life meld to create the Prioress.
As second in command at the Westminster Abbey, the Prioress' character would naturally create a sense of devotion to God unmatched in the reader's mind.A woman described as "Madam Eglantyne" (line 125), "dignified in all her dealings" (line 145 ), and "so charitably solicitous" (line 147 ) exemplifies her reverence for the Almighty.Compared other descriptions to her however, these religious connotations are minimally observed.Chaucer relies on the colloquialisms of society to develop her religious characteristics and focuses instead on the atypical aspects of her life; traits of a vain woman desperate for attention.
Characteristics Prioress', such as the "coy" smile, and cloak with "A graceful charm" (line 161, were by no means accidental. They make evident the fact that she goes out of her way to be noticed.Such attributes are generally avoided when depicting a woman of the Cloth.Collectively though, these descriptions along with her sedative manners and "courtly kind of grace" (line 143 ) Express her fears of living life alone.She desires a sense of attraction that her position as Prioress cannot afford her, yet she finds it impossibly difficult to seclude herself from worldly temptations.
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