The False Monk Geoffrey Chaucer depicts a variety of characters in his famous work "The Prologue" to The Cantebury Tales. These characters come from all walks of medieval life: ecclesiastical, urban, and feudal. A representative from the ecclesiastical group, the Monk, presents the reader with a look at the true nature of many clergy members of the Medieval Period. Despite the association with the church, Chaucer shows the Monk to be hypocritical by revealing his appearance, and his actions. The first thing that makes the Monk hypocritical is his appearance. Physically, the monk is brown, head to toe, from being out in the sun too much (203). Priests and other clergy from this time did not ordinarily get many minutes outside, definitely not enough to tan from. If he was outside, he was disobeying monastic rules. Secondly, Chaucer tells the reader the Monk has many ....

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