Throughout Chaucer's novel of Canterbury Tales, he explores individuality and diversity through each one of his characters. He plays on the use of stereotypes and he uses his characters to break through them and gives his audience insight into what it feels to look deeper into someone.
While breaking stereotypes through his characters, Chaucer adds an ironic touch that adds a satirical tone to his piece.
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Although Chaucer's inspiration for writing Canterbury Tales, it is thought by some that it came from his own pilgrimage. While he worked as a royal clerk and served as a soldier, he was able to travel the world and witness areas of the medieval world that helped spark interest in how he wrote his varied characters.
From Winter to Spring
From Sickness to Health
From Life to Death
From Heaven to Earthly
From Theological to Biological
From Supernatural to Natural
These are all the contradictory ideas that Chaucer displayed in the prologue of Canterbury Tales. Throughout the novel he relates and dives into each one throughout each characters story.
There are several genres that are directly related to Canterbury Tales that Chaucer does a very good job of incorporating. They are:
Romance told through the Knight's Tale,
Fabliau told through the Miller's Tale, Saint's Life told through the Second Nun's Tale,
Moral's Tale told through the Pardoner's Tale,
Sermon Told through the Partisans Tale,
Lastly, Chaucer used the structure of Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio to write his tale.
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