We are fascinated by rogues, from Chaucer's Pardoner to Del Boy. 9 We are bad at risk-assessment, and repeated surveys show that we fear crime far more than is justified.
Do some research into Chaucer's use of irony in The Canterbury Tales and discuss how he makes ironic portraiture of the pilgrims, especially the Prioress 4.
In the 858 lines of the Prologue to the " Canterbury Tales" , almost 500 different French loanwards occur, and by some estimates, some 20-25% of Chaucer's vocabulary is French in origin.