Courtesy Through Satire
In his Canterbury Tales, Chaucer fully explicates the cultural standard known as courtesy through satire. In the fourteenth century, courtesy embodied sophistication and an education in English international culture. The legends of chivalric knights, conversing in the language of courtly love, matured during this later medieval period. Chaucer himself matured in the King's Court, as is revealed in his cultural status, but he also retained an anecdotal humor about courtesy. One must only peruse his Tales to discern these sentiments, for Chaucer's view of courtesy can seem shocking and, all together, obscene at times, it's the similarity of the differences that make Chaucer's tales superior. An example of this can be seen through Nicholas' attempt at "courting" Alison versus Arcita and Palamon's endeavors at courting Emily. Nicholas' anxious and lewd behavior, in conjunction with his explicit sexual connotation, demonstrates Chaucer's more farcical side; where as, the manner in......
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