In the Prologue and Tale of the Wife of Bath, Chaucer suggests that we should not have different classes in communities. He says that having lower, middle and upper classes is not right and that a man's worth should not be decided based on how much money he has. “How it comes from ancient riches and values. If this is the statement you make to gentlemen, such arrogance is hardly worth a chicken. He who loves to work for virtuous ends, public and private, and who intends to do all the works of kindness he can, consider him the greatest gentleman. (Page 146, lines 256-262) Chaucer is suggesting that just because you have a lot of money, doesn't mean you're a gentleman, and just because you're poor, doesn't mean you're not. a gentleman. Chaucer suggests that this idea of different classes is not Christian and that it is not right for the Church to believe in it. Chaucer is challenging something very controversial again because the rich and rich have all the power, and he is saying that it is theirs
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