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What is ironic in the words used by the narrator to describe the Summoner in “The Prologue” to The Canterbury Tales?

You'd meet none better if you went to find one. / Why, he'd allow just for a quart of wine/
Any good lad to keep a concubine. (11. 666–668)

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The irony lies in the fact that the summoner was a corrupt man and that he acted only on his behalf.

We can arrive at this answer because:

  • The summoner acted like a Christian and honorable man, but was extremely corrupt.
  • He permitted any wrongdoing as long as he got a bottle of wine in return.
  • In this case, the summoner allows the forgiveness of people's sins, if they can please him with something.

In this case, the narrator shows that the image of a corrupt summoner is ironic, but more common than it sounds.

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Answer:

The Canterbury Tales was written in a period where the Catholic Church sold extravagances. Individuals would give a proposing to the congregation and would get grace for a transgression or sins. The summoner for this situation was bad. He was able to give an extravagance or grace for a wrongdoing, in return for a quart of wine. His rationale was egotistical and just for his own pleasure.

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