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MCozzolino - Geoffrey Chaucher
by - (2012-05-02)
Up to 3 A - Geoffrey Chaucer. The Characters in The Canterbury Tales 
THE MONK
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The Monk is one of the 29 pilgrims in “The Canterbury Tales”. It is composed in verse and not in stanzas like the ballads.
From the title “The Monk” the reader can understand that the text is about a monk and probably about his life.
Right from the start, Geoffrey Chaucer catches the reader’s attention using the superlative “finest sort”, that makes the reader understand the monk is not an ordinary one. In the second line the verbs “rode” and “hunting” create the image of a monk whose interests are riding and hunting instead of praying. At the end the line the position of subject is inverted to create the Rhyming Couplet.*
In the third line the adjective “mainly” and “able” make the reader understand the monk is suitable to be an Abbot; this meaning is underlined by two alliterations: “mainly man” and “Abbot able”.
The fourth line showes his material wealths creating the image of a corrupted monk.
From fiveth to eighth line the poet compareds the “jingling bridle” to the blowing wind and to the slight sound of the chapel bell. He wants to stress the clear bridle’s sound as the wind. About this the poet let us know the monk is a calm man.
In the eighth line the noun “cell” makes the reader understand the Monk was in a minor monastery, that it was subordinated by the main monastery.
After that Geoffrey Chaucer explains us the Rule of St. Benedict and St. Maur and the monk is agree about it so he followd this rule in his life.
In the twentyth line the poet let us know the monk studies more time so that he had a lot of books on the shelves. The monk tells us that his books are his valuable wealths. In this line there is a question mark that should underline studying was his only job.
From the twentyfiveth live the poet let us know the way the monk looks (fisical aspect) and the way is dressed; from this we can understand that he was not a ordinary monk because his sleeves are decorated with a grey fur (thirthies line) and any more examples.
Reading “The Monk” the reader can understand that the text is divided into two parts: the first one explains us how the monk spends the time and what he likes doing in his life; the second one tell us how is his fisical aspect and his dresses.
*This kind of inversion is very frequently in the text.
From the title “The Monk” the reader can understand that the text is about a monk and probably about his life.
Right from the start, Geoffrey Chaucer catches the reader’s attention using the superlative “finest sort”, that makes the reader understand the monk is not an ordinary one. In the second line the verbs “rode” and “hunting” create the image of a monk whose interests are riding and hunting instead of praying. At the end the line the position of subject is inverted to create the Rhyming Couplet.*
In the third line the adjective “mainly” and “able” make the reader understand the monk is suitable to be an Abbot; this meaning is underlined by two alliterations: “mainly man” and “Abbot able”.
The fourth line showes his material wealths creating the image of a corrupted monk.
From fiveth to eighth line the poet compareds the “jingling bridle” to the blowing wind and to the slight sound of the chapel bell. He wants to stress the clear bridle’s sound as the wind. About this the poet let us know the monk is a calm man.
In the eighth line the noun “cell” makes the reader understand the Monk was in a minor monastery, that it was subordinated by the main monastery.
After that Geoffrey Chaucer explains us the Rule of St. Benedict and St. Maur and the monk is agree about it so he followd this rule in his life.
In the twentyth line the poet let us know the monk studies more time so that he had a lot of books on the shelves. The monk tells us that his books are his valuable wealths. In this line there is a question mark that should underline studying was his only job.
From the twentyfiveth live the poet let us know the way the monk looks (fisical aspect) and the way is dressed; from this we can understand that he was not a ordinary monk because his sleeves are decorated with a grey fur (thirthies line) and any more examples.
Reading “The Monk” the reader can understand that the text is divided into two parts: the first one explains us how the monk spends the time and what he likes doing in his life; the second one tell us how is his fisical aspect and his dresses.
*This kind of inversion is very frequently in the text.