The Friar Character Analysis

In addition, another similarity is that they both hang around people and places that they shouldn’t be. The Friar knows the barmaids because he is constantly in the bars (l. 245). This shows the reader that the Friar is not going around to the poor, but instead is in the bars. This means that he does not help the poor, but stays with those who he can get money from. He is also always around women (l. 217). He is around women for the wrong reasons. Instead of preaching to them, he is getting them pregnant and marrying them off. This goes against everything that he is supposed to do as a friar. Chaucer states,“Of wretched lepers; nothing good can come/Of dealings with the slum-and-gutter dwellers,” (l. 250-251). This is problematic because …show more content…
People like the Friar by many of the people who know him (l. 219). People like him because he is very personable and charming. Being charming helps the Friar to get money. He gets the money because the people at the bars truly believe that he needs the money (l. 256). He is able to get people’s money by begging for the money. It is important to be charming and be a friar because friars need to raise money for the monastery, but the Friar uses the money to buy gifts for women. Another person who likes the Friar is the Pope because he gives the Friar the power to hear the confessions of the people (l. 224). The only people who are supposed to be able to hear confessions are priests. This means that the Friar is able to get the Pope to give the Friar the ability to be like a priest. The Friar is well-liked and uses this to his own advantage, which is why he is worse than the Summoner. On the other hand, the people are afraid of the Summoner. In fact, children are very afraid of the Summoner (l. 646). The reason why this is important is because the Summoner already has a scary job, but the fact that his appearance is terrifying as well makes him worse to the people. In addition, his face is covered with pimples and his eyes are slitted (l. 643). This appearance makes him look even more scary because he looks like he is always angry. His job needs people to be afraid of him, so his appearance makes sense as to why it is scary. While he is in the drunk in the bar, he starts to yell (l. 654). Yelling makes people more afraid of him because he is angry and is yelling jibberish. This is why the Summoner is less of a bad guy than the Friar because the Summoner doesn’t know what he is doing when he is drunk, but the Friar knows how to manipulate the people at the