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Essay Archive - The Canterbury Tales: The Monk
The Canterbury Tales: The Monk
In Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, the author wrote about
an imaginary pilgrimage on April 11, 1387 to Canterbury Cathedral to visit
the tomb of Saint Thomas A. Beckett. He also wrote about a dishonest
monk.
The Monk was a man who looked as though he enjoyed the good life.
He was fat, and obviously enjoyed good food as well as fine clothes. He
wore a fur cloak adorned with fancy decorations, and other expensive
apparel.
It was required that a man go to school to become a monk,
and the Monk had attended school to become part ....
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