The Canterbury Tales, written by Geoffrey Chaucer, gives audiences an insight into the corruption that still exists in humanity today. As you read the chapters, Chaucer reveals the dark sides of seemingly respectable people like the Summoner, along with people he favors like the Knight, the Wife of Bath, and women in general. His comical descriptions and stories that coincide with each character express his thoughts about real people in his society. My perception of the moral of the Summoner's tale is that greed is the root of all evil. The story of the Summoners presents us with a greedy friar who only begs in the homes of the rich. Instead of praying for the people he meets, the Friar erases their names from his tablet after taking advantage of their quarters and stealing their money. When the greedy friar stops at Tommaso's house, he is greeted by his tormented wife who has recently lost her son, the friar sees his wife's vulnerability as an opportunity to make more money and tells her that he has had a vision of his son in heaven. . This leads Thomas' wife to contact the friar telling him that her dying husband was in a bad mood. Thomas sees the Friars transparent and therefore questions him about his health “God knows” said Thomas, I don't feel any benefit from it. Help me then, Christ, in these few years I have spent many pounds on all sorts of friars, and yet I have never improved. Seriously, I'm almost out of money. Goodbye, for the gold, it's all over!" (Page 192-193) The Friar then turns the tables on Thomas and blames his illness on the fact that he gives money to other friars "Because a man who has a perfect doctor needs to look for other doctors in the city? Do you think it is insufficient that I, or rather our group, practices... middle of paper... is right, and bet on those who. they will come to repair at your house from time to time because of me (or some other place, it may well be). Choose for yourself what you prefer to try." (Pages 1119-1125) The Knight seems to have learned his lesson because he leaves the decision to the old woman, the story ends with the Knight living happily ever after with his beautiful and faithful wife. This story reflects on how strongly Chaucer believed in women's rights because it reveals women's desires and opinions. In conclusion, The Canterbury Tales reflects Geoffrey Chaucer's view of medieval society. From his writings we are able to view and learn about different societies' classes from an honest point of view. The knight, the wife of Bath and the female characters we highly favored in all the tales, while others were highly disliked. Works Cited in the Tales of Cantubury.