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Brit Lit Canterbury Tales (Pilgrims)
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Host | Tavern owner, happy, witty, good speaker |
Pardoner | High voice, no facial hair, knew Bible but was fraud, sold pardons |
Summoner | Brought people to religious court, barfly, blackmailer, pimples, scabby, garlic breath, stupid but knew a few phrases in latin, pay to play |
Reeve | Richer than his lord, skims money from estate, sly- wont be taken by another |
Manciple | buys provisions for law school, bilks the "educated" even though he is not scholarly |
Miller | foul mouthed, likes to fight, built like wrestler, red beard, a cheat, plays bagpipe |
Plowman | Parson's brother, honest worker, loves God, selfless neighbor, faithful tither |
Parson | poor, rich in faith and holy works, scholarly, even tempered, uses his own savings to feed poor, impressive christian |
Wife of Bath | half deaf, wealthy, 5 husbands, gap between teeth, red tights, speaks mind |
Physician | Doesn't eat fancy, may have kick back with apothecary, doesn't care about Bible |
Shipman | effective captain, rough and tumble, secretly takes some of wine from shipper |
Cook | runny ulcer on shin, produces a good white mousse |
Carpenter, Trinket buyer, Weaver, Piece goods dyer | wearing new gear for pilgrimage, excellent tradesman, property owners, had servants, middle class |
Franklin | enjoyed the best of everything from food to wine to furnishings, once a sherriff and court commissioner, not nice to servants |
Oxford Cleric | mediocre logic student, skinny, thin horse, spent all money on books, wasn't talkative, 2nd or 3rd son of nobility |
Man of Law | clever, knew his job very well, very wealthy land owner |
Merchant | dressed well even though poor, narrator missed name, may be very secretive, pretends to be someone he is not |
Friar | slept around, took money to be forgiven of sins, more money paid more absolution, drank alot, preferred well to do than poor, lisped to sound attractive |
Monk | prefered to hunt rather than study Bible, hated the rules of St. Augustine, Bald with fur lined coat sleeves |
Prioress (Nun) | upper class, religious, animal lover, prim and proper, speaks french but by way of english tutor, carries fancy rosary |
Yeoman | green hood, arrows and quill, excellent hunter, wore St Christopher |
Squire | Son of knight, Courtly lover, White and Red clothing. Courteous |
Knight | Worthy, Chivalrous, fought in many wars, rusty armor, only pilgrim of nobility |
Thomas a Becket | Arch Bishop assassinated by King Henry's Knight, Martyr |
Estate Satire | encompasses all walks of life, but not biting |
Fabliaux | Ex: Miller tale, character stereotype |
Parody | taking something of same genre and mocking, ex: Weird AL |
Courtly Lover | Code of courtship, love outside of marriage |
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