Chaucer then describes the Friar, named Hubert. His main obligation is to beg to get money. The narrator describes the Friar by saying "he knew the taverns well in every town, and every innkeeper and barmaid, better than a leper or a beggarwoman” (General Prologue, 240-242). This quote degrades the Friar to being a drinker and someone who has many rendezvous with women. The narrator’s description of his attire is not what we would expect a poor man to be wearing. We know this to be true, when we have the description of the way he dressed. The text says, “he did not look like a cloistered monk, with a threadbare cloak, as a poor scholar does, but more like a master or a pope” (General Prologue, 261-263). From this we understand that the Friar
