Chaucer is an absolute gas!

I'll tell you something I enjoy: CHAUCER. After reading one story (Wife of Bath) I've decided it is kind of like Greek myth or the Bible (just not as overall intense). I read the Wife of Bath story and as I read it about a thousand Kiddie tales came popping into my head. For instance, the princess and frog. But kind of in reverse. And also not a frog. BUT THE SAME GENERAL IDEA. You have this dude, the knight. He goes out to find the truth. He comes back and he has to marry this nasty old lady who I found to be pretty darn creepy. But then she lays down the law and that whole reverse psychology thing comes in and she becomes a beautiful young girl (No witch involved). SO FREAKING princess and the frog. Did a little research and Chaucer definetely thought this up first. WAY TO GO. And I pretty much have decided he is the Jesus of Kiddie Lit. You read his little stories although they are sometimes a bit explicit and, you get that wholesome moral in the end. Que brillante! At the same time I found it a bit boring and confusing but the facts are still there. I also have an idea of why the Wife of Bath was telling the story. And isn't it ironic that she is called the "wife of Bath" when A. She's a dirty girl and B. She's not married. FUNNY KID THAT CHAUCER. So anyway, I believe she was telling the story because she is an independent woman but the wrong kind. You have women that have full time jobs and kids, and then you have women that cheat on their husbands and spend too much money. Both independent. One socially acceptable. But how acceptable? How sad is it that in Chaucer's time we still wanted the same things we yearn for now :(. It still is not socially acceptable to have a woman money maker and a stay at home dad. To me it seems rational because that is what my family has. But still society makes me think it's not right. It's all very odd how society controls us. At least we have chaucer to bring it out into the open. I think chaucer loves women. And when I say women, I mean REAL women. Women that are virtuous, loyal, and caring. So he loves the Queen and hates the Wife of Bath. The queen becomes young and beautiful, and Wife of Bath is a chatterbox. Characterization at its finest. These things do not just happen! Talking gender roles, Chaucer hits the nail on the head for sure.He gives everybody what they do and do not deserve. His novel displays gender roles for what they are: depends on the person or persons involved. Chaucer's stories are a cornacopia of moral stories with a little satire, explicit material, and saucy characterization. Like the Bible, but not. That is why Chaucer will always be remembered.