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What idea does the description of the prioress in the prologue to Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales convey? She was a devout nun for whom religion and God were of prime importance. She was concerned for the general well-being of her fellow pilgrims. She aspired to courtly life and behaved like a court lady rather than a nun. She was not a person devoted to fashion and courtly manners.



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In the General prologue, Chaucer satirizes several characters from various classes and professions. Beginning with the highest class to lower. The first character whom Chaucer introduces is the Prioress who is a nun. She is the first among the female to be described, the first question that evokes in the reader's mind is that such higher religious clergy doesn't take a vow of leading a simple life? Hence, Chaucer satirizes the church, as the members of the church belonged from the upper class. The prioress took advantage from the poor for her own good. She was very well 'dainty' and was well-dressed. Being known as "Madame Eglantyne", she was so pretentious that she hardly knew any words of French.

Therefore, the description of the prioress in the prologue to Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales convey that she aspired to courtly life and behaved like a court lady rather than a nun.

The correct option is C. She aspired to courtly life and behaved like a court lady rather than a nun that idea does the description of the prioress in the prologue to Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales convey.

She is a tall woman with delicate features who wears pricey clothing, cries easily when a little animal is wounded, and is eager to give her dog small creatures. The Prioress is traveling with a nun and two priests, but despite her claim to be a devout woman, her account shows that she has anti-Semitic views.

What does the prioress tale represent?

The story is based on an unproven anti-Semitic legend that was well-known among medieval Christians. The Prioress relates how a widow's pious young son is kidnapped by Jews, who have allegedly led to murder the child by Satan in order to prevent him from praising Mary by singing the song "O Alma Redemptoris."

The Nun was treated with contempt. The Nun tried to appear gentle and well-mannered, but she is actually conceited and low-class.

Madame Eglantine is the name of a nun Prioress that Chaucer describes. A nun must possess modesty, pity, and poverty. Chaucer presents the nun in the exact opposite way in order to demonstrate how the Prioress possessed all the qualities that a nun should not possess. She was a nun who was modest, intelligent, and well-mannered.

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