casting

For the Parson I chose to cast reverend Shaw Moore, from the movie footloose and played by Dennis Quaid. I chose to pick him because this man is truly religious like the parson. This can be seen by the fact that he is a reverend at a church. He also feels that he is suppose to lead the people in the right direction, he does this by passing many laws in the town including the one that it is illegal to dance. He passes this for the safety of the towns kids. The Parson is supposed to guide the people like Jesus guides his flock of sheep. “He was rich in holy thought and work… who truly knew Christ’s gospel and would preach it” (lines 489, 491) in the movie reverend Shaw Moore goes around the town and church preaching his holy thought about what should be right and wrong to do in a town, such as dancing.

     For the Host I chose Jeff Probst from survivor. Jeff Probst is the host of the reality tv show survivor, just at the host is the host of the pilgrimage. “A very striking man our host withal” (line 769). Jeff is also a very striking man like the host is. Also Jeff is “bold in his speech, yet wise and full of tact” (line 773) like the host is. This can be seen when he announces the challenges, he is very bold yet he is also wise with what he is saying. Also Jeff is the one who presents the challenges to the competitors just like how the host presents the challenge of story telling to the people of the pilgrimage.

For the Friar (Hubert) I chose Hue Hefner. “he knew the taverns well in every town and every innkeeper an barmaid too better than lepers, beggars and that crew” (lines245-247) this says that the Friar know more women and bars more than the sick and poor, like the Friar, Hue Hefner likes women and partying more than helping the poor. Hue Hefner always has many women around just like the friar. “He’d fixed up many of marriage, giving each of his young women what he could afford her” (line 217) meaning that the Friar has sex with the young beautiful women and then sells them. Hue Hefner lives in the playboy mansions which he is with many women at one time, and because of this the women can live for free at the house.