The Friar in The Canterbury Tales

In Geoffrey Chaucers Canterbury Tales, the beggar is interpret as a art object lacking any accredited piety and one of alleged(prenominal) integrity. The Friar exemplifies the corruption that had rush rampant in the Catholic church beginning in the 12th century, that led to the merchandise of Martin Luthers ninety-five theses in the early 16th century, until is was eventually curbed by Pope Pius V in 1567. This corruption is displayed in the character of the Friar some(prenominal) blatantly and inconspicuously. Chaucer sardonically reveals the drop off actions of the Friar by expatiate his personal and professional affairs. In this way Chaucer makes his opinion of the Friar quite evident; additionally, he underscores this opinion through his strategic use of language. \nChaucers etymological purposes reveal a historic context that is not otherwise stated in The Canterbury Tales. His decision to omit Latin lyric from the vocabulary of the Friars prologue serves to immedi ately alert the commentator of a dichotomy among the Friars hypothetical piety and his actual obedience to beau ideal. For the Friar to throw off effectively performed his job he would have to have been at least moderately well midazolam in the Bible which, at the time, was only written in Latin. This absence of Latin in the Friars prologue is Chaucers way of representing an absence of God in the Friars life. Chaucer displays the Friars example depravity in saying, For though a widow hadde not a shoe, So attractive was his In Principio (his blessing), Yet he would have a farthing ere he went. This treacherous method of indigence is echoed on a larger scale by historiographer Robert W. Shaffern in his article The Pardoners Promises: talk and policing indulgences in the fourteenth-century English church. Shaffern speaks ...Sources distinctly show that pardoners (including friars) exploited the repentant fervor of their era. They spread paradoxical teachings and despoil ed simple rustics out...