Town Kyra Town Ms. Mars English 12 Behind the Churchs Closed Doors There are closed doors even behind open ones. In the Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer reveals many unbelievable things going on within the Canterbury Cathedral during the medieval period. Chaucer utilizes verbal irony, descriptive details, and animal imagery to emphasize his disgust and corruption within the church. Starting strong, Chaucer's description on the Summoner shows the large amount of disgust held over his head. The narrator comes forth giving us a physical description stating?Or purge the pimples sitting on his cheeks./ Garlic he loved, and onions too, and leeks? line 651, 52 of the. The words chosen by Chaucer let us in on the disgust he has for the Summoner. …show more content…
Chaucer states (lines 242, 43). In the medieval period, the specific neck described was believed to be a sign of lustfulness, lack of true purity, and a sign of indulgent lifestyle. In that case, the Friar has failed Chaucer's faith. The Friar would arbitrate disputes on settling days? The catch is that he would do it for? a small fee) in many helpful ways (lines 265, 66). This meant that the Friar would charge for his services given on settling days, which was forbidden to do so by the church. In doing so, all he was accomplishing was corruption within the church, which was Chaucer's point. While not everyone may see the bad side of situations, it soon comes to light. Chaucer illustrates disgust and corruption within the church with not just one character but takes from many of them. Clearly, he understood the nasty actions taken by the characters and their reasoning as to why. By describing the failing faith done by The Summoner, Pardoner, and The Friar, he opened some doors for us from the inside of the church. In the ending, the reasoning for the narrator bringing up these certain characters was to emphasize his emotions towards characters and the church itself as