The Canterbury Tales Character Analysis

The Bad Comparison A Friar considered a bad man? In The Canterbury Tales written by Geoffrey Chaucer the Friar would be considered a womanizer kind of like Charlie Sheen is today. The Friar could also be considered a priest and a good man people think they could trust. The Friar in The Canterbury Tales also known as Hubert is a womanizer. He would get young women pregnant once he did that he would marry them off to other men so he would not get the blame for impregnating them. He was a drunken man knowing the taverns, innkeeper, and barmaid in every town. Hubert had a voice that was gay and sturdy. He is a manly type Friar that is very mellow and laidback. The Friar could sing very well he could also play stringed instruments such as the hurdy-gurdy. Hubert being the friar had to deal with the scum of wretched lepers when he was one himself. A friar is supposed to be a good Godly man that cares for others in time of need and desperation when he more than likely take advantage of that person. Hubert had pocket knives to give to pretty girls and hair pins too. …show more content…
If a movie were made for Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales Sheen should play the part of the Friar. Charlie Sheen is accused of assaulting women and threatening0 to kill them if they told. He is a drunken man going in and out of rehab centers for substance abuse. Sheen may not be able to sing or play the hurdy-gurdy but he could play the piano and write jingles. He has lost jobs due to his lack of maturity and obviously brain cells. Charlie Sheen stared in the comedy Two and a Half Men and his character betrayed bad behaviors that he seems to portray in real life. Charlie’s latest wife placed an emergency restraining order against him. He is not allowed within 100 yards of her and their twins. He also seems to be a very mellow and laidback man other than his outbursts he has had