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The Friar's Tale - Sadaf
General Prologue:
We learn that the friar is supposed to live primarily off ofbegging HOWEVER he seems qiute well-off. This indicates his dishonesty with how he handles the money he gets. Also, we learn that he finds fellow beggars, lepers, etc. (basically the pepole he is supposde to be helping) to be below him.
Prologue to Friar's Tale:
We learn of a general dislike between the summoner and friar. The summoner doesn't seem to mind the impending offensive story much because he says he will "repay" the friar. Their dislike probably arises from the fact both interact with the public and both skim money from places they shouldn't.
Summary of Tale:
We first learn of an archdeacon who uses spies to find who is doing wrong in the community. His spies include hookers. Working under him is the summoner who makes his money blackmailing people who have done wrong and taking their money in exchange for keeping his mouth shut. One day, thesummoner meets a yeoman who tells him he is a bailiff. The summoner lies ane says he is too. They go on about their merry way together and the summoner learns that the yeoman is actualyl a demon. This doesn't irk him at all. So they keep going and come across a carter whose horse and cart has gotten stuck in the mud. The carter curses his horse to hell and the summoner tells the demon to take them to hell. However, the demon says that the carter did not curse from his heart and therefore he does not take them t ohell. THe carter then prays to God and the horse pulls the cart out of the mud.
THe devil then leaves but alludes to meeting the summoner again soon.
The summoner then goes to an old, rich widow's home to exocommunicate her. He demands money from her but she refuses, saying she is innocent. She keeps refusing and the summoner then threatens to take her new frying pan. She then curses the summoner and the frying pan, which the devil hears, asks if she meant it, she says she does, and OFF the summoner goes to hell with ther est of the summoners.
Analysis:
Hypocrisies/ironies/things to note in the tale:
When the summoner learns the yeoman is a demon, he is not taken aback but in fact feels a brotherhood towards the demon.
The friar focuses on belittling the summoner but does nothing to critisize the church which is allowing his outrageous behavior to occur. Also, he ignores the fact that the same church employs HIS own services, wchih are also corrupt. It is said he indulges in the tavern, etc.
The friar attempts to seem religious throughout his tale by referring to Judas, Rebecca, and ending the tale with a religious reference that hopes all summoners willr epent and become good men.
The demon says the summoner has more knowledge of hell than did Dante or Virgil - authors who published whole works on hell.
It shoudl be noted that the friar never gave the summoner in his tale a name which serves to show his feelings about summoners are generalized. Also, the friar makes the summoner seem not even equal tot he devil but WORSE.
Any questions, just holla.
The Friar's Tale - Sadaf
General Prologue:
We learn that the friar is supposed to live primarily off ofbegging HOWEVER he seems qiute well-off. This indicates his dishonesty with how he handles the money he gets. Also, we learn that he finds fellow beggars, lepers, etc. (basically the pepole he is supposde to be helping) to be below him.
Prologue to Friar's Tale:
We learn of a general dislike between the summoner and friar. The summoner doesn't seem to mind the impending offensive story much because he says he will "repay" the friar. Their dislike probably arises from the fact both interact with the public and both skim money from places they shouldn't.
Summary of Tale:
We first learn of an archdeacon who uses spies to find who is doing wrong in the community. His spies include hookers. Working under him is the summoner who makes his money blackmailing people who have done wrong and taking their money in exchange for keeping his mouth shut. One day, thesummoner meets a yeoman who tells him he is a bailiff. The summoner lies ane says he is too. They go on about their merry way together and the summoner learns that the yeoman is actualyl a demon. This doesn't irk him at all. So they keep going and come across a carter whose horse and cart has gotten stuck in the mud. The carter curses his horse to hell and the summoner tells the demon to take them to hell. However, the demon says that the carter did not curse from his heart and therefore he does not take them t ohell. THe carter then prays to God and the horse pulls the cart out of the mud.
THe devil then leaves but alludes to meeting the summoner again soon.
The summoner then goes to an old, rich widow's home to exocommunicate her. He demands money from her but she refuses, saying she is innocent. She keeps refusing and the summoner then threatens to take her new frying pan. She then curses the summoner and the frying pan, which the devil hears, asks if she meant it, she says she does, and OFF the summoner goes to hell with ther est of the summoners.
Analysis:
Hypocrisies/ironies/things to note in the tale:
When the summoner learns the yeoman is a demon, he is not taken aback but in fact feels a brotherhood towards the demon.
The friar focuses on belittling the summoner but does nothing to critisize the church which is allowing his outrageous behavior to occur. Also, he ignores the fact that the same church employs HIS own services, wchih are also corrupt. It is said he indulges in the tavern, etc.
The friar attempts to seem religious throughout his tale by referring to Judas, Rebecca, and ending the tale with a religious reference that hopes all summoners willr epent and become good men.
The demon says the summoner has more knowledge of hell than did Dante or Virgil - authors who published whole works on hell.
It shoudl be noted that the friar never gave the summoner in his tale a name which serves to show his feelings about summoners are generalized. Also, the friar makes the summoner seem not even equal tot he devil but WORSE.
Any questions, just holla.
posted by L Lazarow | 3:21 PM
1 Comments:
i think you mentioned that the Friar looked down on the people he was supposed to be helping. Do you think this was true of all, all were corrupt, or just this particular one?
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