The Canterbury Tales: Chaucer's Pilgrims

Question

How is the quotation significant within the passage as a whole? How does the quote characterize the pilgrim? How might there be an aspect of satire in the quotation in the way it characterizes the pilgrim?

Monk: "He yaf nat of that text a pulled hen,/That seith, that hunters beth nat holy men." (He didn't give a damn for the notion that says monks can't be hunters or anything but churchmen.)

Answer 1

Chaucer characterized his pilgrims by their station in life and their personalities. The monk is a level-headed man that does not want to only be viewed as a monk but rather as a man who is indifferent to the common perceptions that were prevalent with medieval monks.

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