The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer is about 19 different people coming together to travel to the shire of Saint Thomas a Becket in Canterbury. Each person is supposed to share two stories on the way there and two more on the way back. In the prologue Chaucer goes through and discribes all of these people.
I have been assigned to talk about one of the pilgrims from this tale, the Summonor. A Summonor is an official who brings summons to those who have been brought up on various charges. Now the Summonor from this tale has narrow eyes, a thin beard and black scabby eyebrows. He is often drunk but yet he is a noble
varlet. In the book varlet is used to mean scoundrel. In the prologue there is a set of lines that are the best way to discribe the Summonor. It shows how sneaky he was. "Thus, as he pleased, the man could bring duress on any young fellow in the diocese. He knew their secrets, they did what he said." Those are lines 681 to 683.
I'm not really sure how Chaucer feels about this pilgrim. I thinks it's neutrel, but if I wrote this then I would be for the Summonor. I think this because the Summonor could uses his tricks to help on the trip or if the group runs into danger. It also means the Summonor can take care of himself.
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