Chaucer Society represents all social classes. In doing so, he shows what it takes for a society to actually work. Different people carry different stories to share. These stories convey lessons learned in hopes of sharing them with others so they don't find themselves in the same difficult situations. After all, that’s what sharing stories is all about, right? In the tale of the nun and the priest, the story is told of never trusting a flatterer. The Pardoner attempts to sell indulgences to the pilgrims after telling them he is deceiving them. Love conquers all is an essential element of the Prioress. He archetypes this as a quest in which pilgrims embark in search of their holy place for spiritual benefits. Another part of the archetype would be him, starting with the awakening of spring and ending with the images of death and despair. Throughout the 24 tales, the romance is exaggerated and the range of attitudes toward life and literature is expressed. The main purpose of stories is to share morals. You will now read some summaries of some of the tales presented in Chaucer's works. The judge in the doctor's tale covets Virginius' daughter. When he discovers that she will not give in to temptation, he sends someone to make a false complaint against Virginius that he only claims she is his daughter and orders her taken away immediately. In order to prevent his daughter from being raped and killed, he explains to her that it would be morally correct to kill her while she is still pure so that she can at least save her dignity. Finally, Virginius carried his daughter's head to the judge who, seeing this, tried to run away to hang himself. Yet he couldn't escape the crowds of people who had learned... middle of paper... what is supposed to make them rich and full of life, and ended up dying because of the events that must TO DO. with gold. This tale ends with a short sermon, asking God to forgive the errors of good men and warning them against the sin of greed, before inviting the congregation to offer their wool in exchange for pardons. The Canterbury Tales are a great contemplation of stories, which present humorous and ironic examples of medieval life, which mimic the moral and ethical issues of history and even those presented today. Chaucer owes much to the authors who produced these works before his time. Chaucer refined their documents, gave them new meanings, and revealed unscathed truths, thereby providing new ideas to his readers. Chaucer's main goal for these tales was to create settings that people can identify with, to depict the lessons and irony of human existence..