Canterbury Tales: General Prologue Frame Story. He is presented as a character that is called upon by the medieval church to bring people to answer for their crimes. The sins which most people were accused of included paganism and prostitution. Anyone who was found guilty would be excommunicated from the church and was completely cut off from any ties. Chaucer presents the Summoner in a manner that is cringe inducing. His physical appearance and his face, in particular, are a remarkable sight. His face has sores that do not know any cure. No amount of ointment would be sufficient to heal them. The Summoner has eyebrows that could only be described as fierce, covered almost his entire face, and were...
