In the Canterbury Tales, there are many people we are introduced to throughout the story, all with completely different personalities and beliefs. Today, we are focusing on the man with a different motive than the words he delivers. This, being the Friar. In general, Friars’ are men who pertain to certain religious orders for the people; he is one under god who gives his time and money to the poor. Someone who believes he is there to help the people who can not necessarily help themselves. The idea of a Friar is a great concept. He is somewhat like a walking priest, giving complete devotion to the individuals of great misfortune and in need of aid, but in this version, there is another side to this man.
The Friar, as a man of God, is supposed …show more content…
This is because a satire means, “the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.” This fits the part of the Friar due to the fact he changes his personality, appearance, and beliefs among certain other groups. If he stuck to his way of life, then the genre would be proved wrong otherwise. I would like to believe that the Friar is genuinely a good man if he didn’t bribe or interact with multiple women. But, his inappropriate career choices led me to a different perception of him. Also, this factor proves to be true because the Friar claims he sees no point in spending a majority of his time among the sick and poor, because as he says, that is not where the money …show more content…
The Friar has a way to prove his worthiness to the people, and to show the purpose of life is to give to the people who can’t give to themselves, but used this identity as a way to distract people from his corrupt ways. In conclusion, the Friar performs acts so crooked, the only dishonor he is serving, is to himself. He claims to be a man of God, and to serve his life to the poor and sick, but, he is lying, stealing, and cheating the system. With this, I believe the only person too far beyond repair and damage, is the Friar himself, because other people wouldn’t go that far for something they can work
The Friar, as a man of God, is supposed …show more content…
This is because a satire means, “the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.” This fits the part of the Friar due to the fact he changes his personality, appearance, and beliefs among certain other groups. If he stuck to his way of life, then the genre would be proved wrong otherwise. I would like to believe that the Friar is genuinely a good man if he didn’t bribe or interact with multiple women. But, his inappropriate career choices led me to a different perception of him. Also, this factor proves to be true because the Friar claims he sees no point in spending a majority of his time among the sick and poor, because as he says, that is not where the money …show more content…
The Friar has a way to prove his worthiness to the people, and to show the purpose of life is to give to the people who can’t give to themselves, but used this identity as a way to distract people from his corrupt ways. In conclusion, the Friar performs acts so crooked, the only dishonor he is serving, is to himself. He claims to be a man of God, and to serve his life to the poor and sick, but, he is lying, stealing, and cheating the system. With this, I believe the only person too far beyond repair and damage, is the Friar himself, because other people wouldn’t go that far for something they can work