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The Canterbury Tales: The Friar Outwits The Summoner
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The Friar clearly outwits the Summoner in Geoffrey Chaucer’s marvelous novel, The Canterbury Tales. In “The Friar’s Tale” the friar cleverly portrayed an image of the summoner whereas in “The Summoner’s Tale,” the summoner relied upon vulgarity to depict a portrait of the friar. In “The Friar’s T ....
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....ner begins the tale by noting that friars are found only in the “arse” of the devil: “Show forth thine arse and let the friar see the nested ordained for friars in this place!” The summoner concludes the tale with a vulgar situation as well. “When the sick man could feel him here and there groping about his fundament with care, into that friar’s hand he blew a fart.” The second tale is offensive and less witty because it was malevolently told in response to the account told by the friar.
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