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This 5 page report discusses the ways in which Geoffrey Chaucer and George Bernard Shaw essentially deride the social constraints and assumptions of their societies in their two works. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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broad range of commentary on the human condition and the ways in which they perceived the many attributes of the people with whom they associated and recorded the actions of
in their writing. While considering either "Pygmalion" or "The Canterbury Tales," it is also important to understand that art, be it music, literature and, or, the visual arts
is a reflection of the way people think and behave. It is also a precursor to where the society is going because it involves the processes of past and
present in a way that suggests the future even as it serves to mirror the present. Plato (and, by extension, Socrates) held that art should be judged according to
its truth, but it can only provide a "true opinion" since it must be judged by external standards. It is those external standards that are often the most telling in
terms of the underlying historical perspective offered within the art. It is the "true opinions" offered by Chaucer and Shaw and interpreted by readers a century or centuries later that
allows for a greater understanding of the satirical nature of what both writers are presenting. The Satirical Nature of "The Canterbury Tales" Numerous examples of satire exist throughout The
Canterbury Tales. In fact, each of the tales and each of the characters offers a parody of the life that Chaucer observed around him. His stories and reflections on life
always share his observations of the medieval world around him in terms of how community or society had its impact on the individual characters of the story within the stories
he was telling. For example, one of Chaucers best-known and most discussed characters, the Wife of Bath, challenges numerous proprieties of her time but instead of being presented as a
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