So I have noticed that several of the authors we have read had a few things to say about the religious leaders. In our society, we tend to put a pastor, pope, pastor wife, minister, missionary, etc on a pedestal. But Dante was quite blunt by saying he saw some of the past Popes in hell, and then Chaucer makes some remarks as well. Out of all the character in The Canterbury Tales, the nun and the friar have stood out to me since I first read the prologue in high school. From what I learned the friar has fun with the young women of the town then helps them get married right after. He also refuses to spend time with the sick and poor people of a town. He is too busy getting money from people and learning of their sins so he can gossip later! He kind of reminds me of women gossiping at the bridge table in the sixties - "I heard in Sunday school that Joline is sending her daughter to her aunt's, and we all know what that means!" "Well, we should pray for her, but I need more details in order to do that!" But Chaucer is just revealing that the church was very corrupted, and he is not the only one. Many of the authors we have read reveals the same fact.
P.S. I commented on Abbey's!
I thought this was pretty humorous, myself. I enjoyed some of the religious characters he created.
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