| A | B |
|---|
| Plowman | Hardworking Englishman, pious, idealized |
| Miller | Vile, evil, stocky. Stole corn, told crude stories. Huge red wart |
| Guildsmen | Rising middle class. Respected. Had ample goods and money. |
| Lawyer | Devious, seemed busy. Dressed plainly to deceive clients |
| Pardoner | Long yellow hair, shrill voice. Cheated people with fake relics. |
| Franklin | Epicurian. Loved pleasure, had wine cellar. Landowner. |
| Summoner | Collect church taxes. Spoke Latin when drunk. Controlled youth. |
| Reeve | Feared by those he supervised. Estate manager, thief. Rode gray stallion, stayed behind others. |
| Yeoman | Attendant of king. Wore green. Tidy man. |
| Wife of Bath | patially deaf, wore a turban, spurs, gaps in teeth, 5 husbands |
| Parson or Nun's Priest | true to faith, wanted to save sinners, Sir John |
| Knight | ideal man, fought bravely, wise, tried to be perfect |
| Cook | Ulcer (std), fixed a good meal,syphillis |
| Cleric | Scholar, lean, lived off of others, didnt want to work |
| Merchant | pompous, devious, was in debt, wanted to make money, |
| Squire | son of knight, 20 yrs old, ladies man, played flute |
| Manciple | buyer for lawyers college, cheat |
| Friar | rogue, good natured, aquainted w/ taverns, |
| Skipper | good sailor but scoundrel, |
| Prioress | nun ridiculed for genteel ways |
| Monk | loved to hunt, fine clothes, hated manual labor |
| Physician | made gold from the plague, didnt believe in bible, saved money from plague, oppurtunist |
| Nun's Priest Tale | Chanticleer and Partlet, Fox, |
| Wife of Bath's Tale | knight rapes woman and must answer "what women desire most". |
| Franklin's Tale | Dorigen, Arveragus, Aurelius, |
| Pardoner's Tale | 3 men seek death, and kill eachother |
| Sanguine | Dominance of Blood, outgoing, happy |
| Choleric | Dominance of yellow bile, angry, impatient |
| Melancholic | Black Bile, unenergetic, thoughtful |
| Phlegmatic | Phlegm, dull, pale, cowardly |
| Romances | consist of chivalry, love, magic |
| Ballads | preferred by commoners, songs, oral |
| Morality Plays | had religious theme |
| Exemplum | moralized tale, sermon |
| Breton Lay | similar to romance, frence romance w/love as central point |
| Beast Fable | Main characters are animals |
| Mock Herioc | tale which treats a trivial subject in an epic style |
| Fabliaux | Stories of Low humor where tricks are played on the main characters |
