Thesis is Underlined
It seems almost impossible without directly asking the author the purpose of their writings. Chaucer is obviously long gone, but even if an author is alive they usually won’t give a concrete single reason behind their work especially fiction. Considering there is no definitive answer to a century’s old text like the “Canterbury Tales” I would draw the conclusion that the underlying motive seemed to be to inform people of life in Britain at the time, create a legacy of English literature, and showcase the disparities of folks in different walks of life yet how they all converge and interact. Given his position in court Chaucer was unique since he was one of the few that could witness this and tell of it. Others able to see this would be the clergy or nobility, these people may have interacted with lower caste but not associated so writing about them would have been questionable to say the least.
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