MONK The Monk is a member of a brotherhood He lives in a monastery and he is devoted to a discipline set by his order.

MONK  A monastery was a building, or buildings, where people lived and worshipped, devoting their time and life to God. The people who lived in these monasteries were called

DOESN’T FIT HIS RELIGIOUS DESCRIPTION Like a prioress, he is a religious figure and probably shouldn’t be a hunter, over fed, expensively dressed, and a cultivator of expensive and bad habits

MONK FROM THE CANTERBURY TALES WAS MUCH DIFFERENT  The Monk doesn’t live a traditional religious life of hard work, study, and fasting, claiming an his excuse was that he was a modern man  Instead, he lived a comfortable life of sport, fine food and clothing, and amusements outside the monastery walls.

A MANLY MAN “The Monk was one of the finest sorts, a good man.” His favorite past time is hunting He kept gorgeous and most likely expensive horses and grey hounds. Like a prioress, he is a religious figure and probably shouldn’t be a hunter, over fed, expensively dressed, and a cultivator of expensive and bad habits

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE  The Monk was actually FAT, BALD, and GREASY.  He had eyes that rolled back into his head  “His head was bald and shone like looking-glass; so did his face, as if it had been greased”  “He was a fat and personable priest”

THE MONK TELLS RELIGIOUS AND UNBELIEVABLE STORIES  He starts off telling tales of Lucifer falling from his spot in heaven to become Satan in hell. Then speaks of Sampson and off some other stories from the bible. Then he tells of Hercules, King Nebuchadnezzar, Zenobia, and more. The Monk tells of all these tales and more, they all have some religious aspect to them.