LTEN 107
Some study questions for
the Friar=s Tale:
Thinksheet
Answer question 3.
1. What is this tale designed to teach? What is its moral?
2. What is the view of
religion in the tale? How is the devil
portrayed? How does he compare to the summoner in the tale?
Use specific passages to back your claims.
3. How does this tale compare in tone to the Miller=s Tale? How are they different? Similar?
4. Look at the Friar=s portrait in the GP (lines 208-269)? How would you characterize him? How does the
teller relate to the tale?
5. Look at lines 857-881 of the Wife of