Chaucer is a medieval author best known for his witty Canterbury Tales. He “was born between 1340 and 1345, probably in London. His father was a wealthy wine merchant” (BBC). Drawing inspiration from what he had experienced in his life, Chaucer wrote down his problems about his society in a series of short stories, called the Canterbury Tales. These tales are anomalous, as they were written in English, rather than Latin, like most tales of that period. Furthermore, there are many examples of satire in the text. Within the General Prologue, the Pardoner's Prologue, and the Wife of Bath's Prologue, Chaucer uses both types of satire to reach his intended audience, which is the common audience. In the General Prologue, Chaucer uses a lot of Horatian satire, which is "A sympathetic form of satire in which the subject is lightly mocked with an engaging show of wit. (Satirical character). For example, the narrator tells how the Prioress." ...in fact it wasn't undergrowth at all." However, he also uses youthful satire, which "in literature, any bitter and ironic criticism of contemporary people and institutions that is full of personal invective, angry moral indignation and pessimism" (Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.). In other words, it's when someone says, "Dude, he really just called..." and another person says, "Yeah, he just did." An example of this is the Monk. The Monk is a highly respected character in his city "He was a fat, good-looking priest", and although he is supposed to practice celibacy, the narrator tells us that one of the Monk's favorite pastimes is getting dirty! cause the Church right here, irritating a lot of people. In the Pardoner's Prologue, there is much more youthful satire...... middle of paper ......cer_geoffrey.shtml>.Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc ., ed. "Youth satire (literature).."Youth satire (literature). Ed. Encil. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2013. Web. 24 November 2013.topic/308986/Juvenalian-satire>.Feminist analysis of the prologue to the Wife of Bath (Canterbury Tales).ArticleMyraid, 6 December 2011. Web. 24 November 2013.. Learningtogether2012. "The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales." The general prologue to the Canterbury Tales. Np, 26 January 2012. Web. 24 Nov.2013.the-general-prologue-of-the-canterbury-tales/>."Character of satire." Characteristics of satire. Np, 2013. Web. 24 November. 2013..