Question

What can the reader infer about the monk's character based on the fact that all of his stories contain the same tragic moral?

Answer 1

1.he cares more about preaching to his audience than entertaining them

2. he is a simple character who sees the world only in absolutes

both are correct which ever one shows up on the test

Explanation:there are multiple versions of the answer because there are multiple sources that use this question the two most common answers are

1.he cares more about preaching to his audience than entertaining them

2. he is a simple character who sees the world only in absolutes

Answer 2

The monk, a fat hedonist who prefers to be out of his cloister. He prefers to hunt and eat and is not a lover of books and learning. He cites tragedy as being the story of a man fallen from high degree and then offers many examples such as anecdotes of Lucifer, Adam, Samson, Hercules, Balthasar, Ugolino of Pisa, Julius Caesar, and Croesus.