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2. Why do the Friar and the Summoner begin to argue? Why are they mad at each other?

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2. Why do the Friar and the Summoner begin to argue? Why are they mad at each other?

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The Friar and the Summoner begin to argue because the host admonishes the Friar to tell something else but the summoner interrupts and says to, “let him say whatever he likes. When it comes my turn, by God, I shall repay him every bit." In other words, if the Friar tells an uncomplimentary tale about the summoner, he will in turn tell an uncomplimentary tale about a friar. After hearing the Friar's tale, the Summoner is angry and sarcastically suggests that the Friar told a well-documented story since friars and fiends are always good friends. Having made his point about the friars in general, the Summoner tells another insulting story about one friar in particular.

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3. According to the Friar's Tale: What is a Summoner's job, how does this Summoner go about his business, what are his motives and methods?

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3. According to the Friar's Tale: What is a Summoner's job, how does this Summoner go about his business, what are his motives and methods?

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According to the Friar's Tale the Summoner's job is to issue summons from the church against sinners who under penalty of excommunication pay indulgences for their sins to the church a sum which illicit summoners often pocket. It says directly in the text that, "A summoner is a runner up and down with summons for fornication, and is beaten at every town’s end."

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Models of Ministry: Re-reading Chaucer's Friar's Tale

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Models of Ministry: Re-reading Chaucer's Friar's Tale

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The argument being made by D. Michael Kramp is that the tale has two distinct models of ministerial service which relates to administrative and executive duties and functions of government or religion. By presenting the summoner and the fiend as servants, the condensed poem displays the similarities between these two characters, while revealing the devil's superior role as a humble minister. Kramp proves his argument by giving specific examples from beginning to the end of the tale. For example, Kramp discusses the idea that the poem's initial description of the summoner emphasizes his immoral character and his corrupt conception of ministry. Kramp asserts that, "By definition, his function as a summoner is to act as a mediator between the laity and the ecclesiastical court...However, his portrait in the poem quickly disparages both the credibility of this mediation and his status as a minister.” I agree with Kramp’s affirmation because the summoner is a devious individual and an employer of spies. While the summoner abandons his role as a mediator between the nonreligious province of humanity and the spiritual domain, the devil serves as a model for selfless mediating service and mortal ministry.

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The meaning of this memoir connects to the tale because the summoner was tricked by the devil and in the end it caused the summoner a loss of power which is pretty ironic. In this tale, the summoner is mocked because he is tricked so easily by the devil after he has bragged about all of his adventures. The moral of the story is that by being so consumed and concerned with trying to trick others the summoner leaves himself open to be tricked by the devil. In other words, the summoners deceptions caused his own downfall.

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"See with an eye of wisdom,
Yet you'll fail to understand the reality, Drag the lies until their skin bleed, Yet you'll fail to expose the reality, No matter what you do to make them believe, Deception is the only reality."

In today's world, deception is the only reality, when you are able to understand the truth it's too late. This poem connects to the theme of the Friar's tale because it is all about deception. As stated in the previous column, the summoner is deceived by the devil which cause the summoner to lose his power. There is irony shown here, the summoner who has always been so caught up in trying to trick others has been tricked himself. It is so easy to be deceived in this world that you have to be careful around people and what you agree to.