Which of the following physical features characterizes the Friar?
- A Red beard
- B Gap between his front teeth
- C Wart on his nose
- D White neck
The physical feature that characterizes the Friar in "The Canterbury Tales" is a "white neck." Chaucer describes the Friar with the line:
"He knew the taverns wel in every toun,
And everich hostiler and tappestere
Bet than a lazar or a beggestere;
For unto swich a worthy man as he
Acorded nat, as by his facultee,
To have with sik lazars aqueyntaunce.
It is nat honest, it may nat avaunce,
Fer wel bihoveth it his ordre kepe;
He was a noble post, for an to slepe.
Certes he was a greet affeccioun,
And in-to swich esy point coude he broche it,
As the Frere in "The Canterbury Tales," the Friar is portrayed as someone who is familiar with taverns and innkeepers, and he is skilled at making friends. The mention of his "white neck" suggests a certain elegance or cleanliness in his appearance.
