In The Testament, Villion explores various unfairness through poems, which reveals the fact of that time period. The society was really turbulent and corruptible due to the Hundred Years' war. Tremendous issues had emerged from this devastated society.
Villion describes his life experiences in The Testament, and repents of his sins. At the beginning, he indicates how poor he is and how rich and poor live differently. What he had experienced makes him to rethink the definition of life. Some people died already, but some people are still alive; some people have affluent lives, but some people live in poverty. There are many injustices in the society. However, Villion believes that everyone has a same denouement, "death takes them all, without
