Chaucer's Admonishing Of The Clergy

Decent Essays
Auquan Holmes
Mrs. Owens
English IV, Period 3
3 December 2014
Chaucer’s Admonishing of the Clergy: A Character Analysis of the Friar in the Canterbury Tales Based on his description of the Monk as a man’s man whose favorite love is hunting and he has elegant horses and fast greyhounds. The Monk isn’t sticking to his religious figure, he shouldn’t be a hunter, over power his expensive habits, and be dressed in fur and gold jewelry. The Monk is able to admit though that he doesn’t live a traditional religious life of study, hard work and fasting. The Monk is fat, bald, and greasy, with eyes that roll in his head. The physical appearance of his rolling eyes might be a sign of desire for food and women. The Monk is not your typical church man,

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