‘The Summoner’s tale’ and ‘The Pardoner’s tale’ of the Canterbury Tales: Deception in language
The Summoner, Friar and Pardoner use deception in their language to deceive the pilgrims. The Oxford English Dictionary (2014a) defines deception as “deliberately causing someone to believe something that is not true, especially for personal gain.” Both ‘The Summoner’s Tale’ and ‘The Pardoner’s Tale’ of the Canterbury Tales question the truthfulness of language. This essay will argue how the language used by the Summoner, Friar and Pardoner contains deception. Key amongst how deception in language is seen is used by the Pardoner and Summoner using Latin words they do not know the meaning of. Also, how the Pardoner tries to entice people to purchase …show more content…
It is important to note how Thomas sees the Friar’s “false dissymulacioun” (III. 2123). The deception that Thomas endures from the Friar makes him let out a fart. Thomas can see the Friar exploiting him of money. When the Friar learns that Thomas is seeing Seint Symoun for help, the Friar tries to exploit Thomas for money in another way. Humorously, the Friar tries to exploit money from Thomas by stating how he needs “thy gold, to make oure cloystre” (III. 2099). Hayes (2011) argues that Chaucer the author in ‘The Summoner’s Tale’ of the Canterbury Tales “presents a satirical portrait of a gluttonous Friar who – to put it bluntly – spreads the word as a means of enhancing his own flesh” (p. 145). On closer examination, the Friar humorously and deceptively tries to trick Thomas into believing that his cloystre is in debt. Satire used by Chaucer the author is highly conventional when he points up the “vices of the itinerant preachers (pseudo-apostalic begging, false prophecy, flattering speech, general pharasaical duplicity)” (Mitchell, 2004, pp. 97-98). Thomas sees how the Friar conceals the truth and uses deceptive
The Summoner, Friar and Pardoner use deception in their language to deceive the pilgrims. The Oxford English Dictionary (2014a) defines deception as “deliberately causing someone to believe something that is not true, especially for personal gain.” Both ‘The Summoner’s Tale’ and ‘The Pardoner’s Tale’ of the Canterbury Tales question the truthfulness of language. This essay will argue how the language used by the Summoner, Friar and Pardoner contains deception. Key amongst how deception in language is seen is used by the Pardoner and Summoner using Latin words they do not know the meaning of. Also, how the Pardoner tries to entice people to purchase …show more content…
It is important to note how Thomas sees the Friar’s “false dissymulacioun” (III. 2123). The deception that Thomas endures from the Friar makes him let out a fart. Thomas can see the Friar exploiting him of money. When the Friar learns that Thomas is seeing Seint Symoun for help, the Friar tries to exploit Thomas for money in another way. Humorously, the Friar tries to exploit money from Thomas by stating how he needs “thy gold, to make oure cloystre” (III. 2099). Hayes (2011) argues that Chaucer the author in ‘The Summoner’s Tale’ of the Canterbury Tales “presents a satirical portrait of a gluttonous Friar who – to put it bluntly – spreads the word as a means of enhancing his own flesh” (p. 145). On closer examination, the Friar humorously and deceptively tries to trick Thomas into believing that his cloystre is in debt. Satire used by Chaucer the author is highly conventional when he points up the “vices of the itinerant preachers (pseudo-apostalic begging, false prophecy, flattering speech, general pharasaical duplicity)” (Mitchell, 2004, pp. 97-98). Thomas sees how the Friar conceals the truth and uses deceptive