ok anyway here is my half of the canterbury tales stuff-

Friar, parson, oxford cleric, summoner, pardoner

FRIAR- "A wanton one and merry, / A limiter, a very festive fellow"

"Sweetly he heard his penitents at shrift/ with pleasant absolution, for a gift/ He was an easy man in penance-giving/ Where he could hope to make a decent living"

"He knew the taverns well in every town/ And every innkeeper and barmaid too"

"He kept his tippet stuffed with pins for curls,/ And pocket-knives, to give to pretty girls.../ ...For he sang well and played the hurdy-gurdy"

The friar appears good on the surface, but hangs around bars and likes money.

PARSON- "Poor...Parson/ Yet he was rich in holy thought and work/ He was also a learned man, a clerk,/ Who truly knew Christ's gospel and would preach it"

"He much disliked extorting tithe or fee/ I think there never was a better priest."

"He sought no pomp or glory in his dealings"

Chaucer likes the parson- he is an honest, good religious man, and didn't try to profit from religion.

---Differences between the Friar and thhe Parson---
-The friar is fat, the parson, thin -The Friar paid attention to appearancees; the parson did his work
- The Friar worked for profit, the Parsson didn't
-The friar was dishonest,and the parsonn was honest.
-The Parson did what he taught, and thee friar went against his supposed beliefs.

OXFORD CLERIC- "Still a student though"

"And he was not too fat, I undertake,/ But had a hollow look, a sober stare;/ The thread upon his overcoat was bare/ He had found no preferment in the church/ And he was too unworldly to make search/ For secular employment." The thought of moral virtue filled his speech/ And he would gladly learn, and gladly teach".

Chaucer doesn't seem to like the student much- he is not religious, and uses people- he is constantly borrowing money from his friends for learning supplies.

SUMMONER- "Who had a fire - red cherubinnish face/...He was as hot and lecherous as a sparrow".

"Black, scabby brows he had, and a thin beard./ Children were afraid when he appeared".

"Garlic he loved, and onions too, and leeks/ And drinking strong wine till all was hazy/ Then he would shout and jabber as if crazy".

"The man could bring duress/ On any young fellow in the diocese. / He knew their secrets, they did what he said. / He wore a garland set upon his head".

Chaucer doesn't like the summoner because he is a liar and doesn't lead a true Christian life.

PARDONER- Rode with the summoner.
"Hair as yellow as wax... He aimed at riding in the latest mode/ But for a little cap his head was bare/ He had the same small voice a goat has got".

"And by his flatteries and prevarication/ Made monkeys of the priest and congregation".

"In church he was a noble ecclesiatast/ How well he read a lesson or told a story".

"And (well he could) win silver from the crowd/ That's why he sang so merrily and loud".

The pardoner cared a lot about money and appearances. Chaucer disliked him.