The Corruption Of Society In Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales

In Chaucer's “ The Canterbury Tales” he is showing his viewpoint on society in general and as a whole in many ways. Chaucer thinks society is very evident in the fact of how he thinks about society at the Medieval time. He obviously thinks society is is very corrupt in many different ways and has changed people's viewpoints and normal looks and appearances as a whole. First, Chaucer was trying to show that the normal way of people dressing and acting has changed in many different ways. In this story they run across a nun who is very seductive and sexually appealing thru how she chooses to dress. This is very out of the norm considering that most nuns cover everything and don't do anything with any men. This nun however, has a very fitted dress to try and show off and subdue her people she is talking to or be with. I believe Chaucer was obviously showing modern views are changing to different and corrupt and seductive ways as society as a whole.
Next, Chaucer also is trying to show that the even holy people are crooked as well. In this story they also come across a friar named Hubbert that “ fixes marriage”. This shows that the friar even was doing unholy things and hooking up with several women and getting them pregnant so he
First by showing all these different characters such as the nun or friar that are bad and corrupt as well as the normal society now because it's very corrupted now. He is saying there is always going to be good to stand up to the evil in the world such as the knight or yeoman to help balance the power. I believe Chaucer wanted people to see that the more evil involved in the world then that it is headed down a terrible path. I think that's the main reason he wrote this story to prove to people to fix themselves because it's a terrible way of life and it's not good for the world as well as for the future of the