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Why Is The Franklin Idealize In The Canterbury Tales

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In the Prologue Chaucer introduces many pilgrims that are setting off to a pilgrimage to a Cathedral during Spring time. In medieval Christianity, pilgrimages were long annual trips to holy places; a way to express religious devotion. Specifically Chaucer idealizes the Franklin, the Parson, and the Plowman. Idealize is to regard or represent as perfect or better than in reality, which you glorify them. chaucer idealized many people like the Franklin, Parso, and Plowman. In the Canterbury Tales Chaucer describes The Franklin's beard as white as a daisy-petal, he is a very cheerful man, always high colored and very affectionate. Although The Franklin lived for pleasure, he managed to make his household free to all the country and people saw him as a good model among landed upper class. "A …show more content…

He liked to help parishioners, Parson was very warmhearted when it came to giving to the people, gave from his own personal goods. He was holy, virtuous, never showed lack of respect, and was never selfish. "Yet he was rich in holy thought and worked, he also was a learned man, a clerk, who truly knew Christ's gospel and would preach it devoutly to parishioners, and teach it (Line 489- 491)." Parson was not greedy he was very generous to those around him. The Parson is like God, because God loves his sheep so much that he doesn't want any of them to go missing, and so his parishioners are seen as sheep, because he cannot leave them stuck alone with no one to help or care for them. In the Canterbury Tales, Plowman is a very hard working man who has to do the dirtiest jobs, like load carts full of cow manure. But yet, he never complains about labor he keeps going forward for his fellow Christians and God. He is holy and virtuous, Plowman is the most outstanding leader of the poor and has a great high moral

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