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Canterbury Tales: Power Corrupts
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The pilgrims in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales exhibit human characteristics ranging from righteousness to corruption. Two of the pilgrims, the Clerk and Frere (Friar) demonstrate traits on opposite ends of the spectrum of human nature. The Clerk, wishing to educate himself and others, str ....
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....n the four orders of Friars. The Friar would find husbands for his ex-mistress at his “owene cost” (Prologue, line 213) and would find himself new women to entertain. He was also licensed to hear confessions and give absolution in cases beyond the jurisdiction of the parish priest. This gave him immense power over other people lives. He would grant people penance if they were willing to “donate” money and luxuries to him, even though it was illegal to do so within the church.
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