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Descriptive Essay : ' I Am A Feend '

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I am a feend; my dwellying is in helle, And here I ryde aboute my purchasyng, To wite wher men wol yeve me any thyng. My purchas is th’ effect of al my rente. Looke how thou rydest for the same entente, To wynne good, thou rekkest nevere how; Right so fare I, for ryde wolde I now Unto the orldes ende for a preye. (1448-55) “For we,” quod he, “wol us swiche forms make As moostt able is oure preyes for to take.” (1471-72) And somtyme, at oure prayere, han we leve Oonly the body and nat the soule greve; Witnesse on Job, whom that we diden wo. And somtyme han we myght of bothe two This is to seyn, of soule and body eke. And somtyme be we suffred for to seke Upon a man and doon his soule unreste, And nat his body, and al is for the beste. Whan he withstandeth oure temptacioun, It is a cause of his savacioun, Al be it that it was nat oure entente He sholde be sauf but that we wolde hym hente. (1489-1500) The fiend has clearly revealed that he is looking for prey and he can take man’s body, soul or both although his power under limitation. Nevertheless, these hints do not make the summoner aware of his danger. Instead, he promises and swears to the fiend in order “to be trewe brother in this cas” (1529). His obstinacy blinds him from realizing he is the prey of the fiend. It is the obstinacy in pride that he underestimate the danger of a fiend and overestimate his own power to defend himself as a summoner. Bloomfield suggests the reason why he would like

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