“The Canterbury Tales” was written in the 14th century by Geoffrey Chaucer. These tales constitute a narrative framework in which each pilgrim must tell his story to Chaucer, the pilgrim; not the poet. As we know, the story itself is a satire, but the stylistic structure of the stories creates a sense that it can also be a parody. To support this idea of ​​parody, you need to know the definition of parody and how Chaucer uses this style to make his ideas clear through the general prologue and tales such as “The Miller's Tale” and “The Knight's Tale”. First of all, it is It is essential to know the definition of parody as “the imitative use of an author's words, style, attitude, tone, and ideas in such a way as to render them ridiculous. Its purpose can be both corrective and derisive” (Cuddon, 660). What Chaucer wants to demonstrate throughout the stories is that how ridiculous it is that society displays certain codes of behavior by using irony or simply mocking the stereotypes that people thought were important in that era. On the one hand, in “The Knight's Tale”, Chaucer uses parody through Palamon and Arcite as they become parodies of the perfect knight as it is stated in: "This sorrowful prisoner, this Palamon, being in the chamber, pacing to and fro, and lamenting between self of his sorrow, cursing his birth, he often cried "Alas!" And so it came to pass, by chance or otherwise, that through a window, closed with many iron bars, as strong and square as any rod, he cast his eyes upon Emilia, and then he turned pale and shouted "Ah!" As if he had been hit in the heart." (Chaucer, 24) In this example, Chaucer, by writing this parody, is trying to express the idea that many of the ideals of chivalry are a… medium of paper… do not change the style of the tale, referring to the tone and language used, but also the way he names this overrated thing that love possesses. Since in “The Miller's Tale” there is no courtesy or any other important value for society, Chaucer tries to express his opinion on courtly love through the tale of the Miller by stating that this does not happen everywhere or in any part of society, showing that the ideals of being a knight are very far from the convention of what he thinks is valuable to society. Works Cited Cuddon, JA, reviewed by C.E. Preston. The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. 4th ed. London /GB: Penguin Books Ltd, 2000. Page no. Print. McDonnell, Helen, Neil E. Nakadate, John Pfordresher, and Thomas E. Shoemate. ENGLAND in Literature. Medallion ed. Np: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1990. 69-80. Press.