the cantterbury tales characters
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wyrick_melissa on January 14, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 host | the inkeeper, brough up idea about having competition, story telling |
| chaucer | author of story |
| pardoner | long yellow hair, male without balls, he stole pardons form pope and sold them |
| knight | humble, chivalry, soldier who love chivalry |
| summoner | bad acne, he summoned people to church court, he took bribes |
| squire | knights son, was a lover |
| miller | big man, red beard like a spade, told dirty tales |
| yeoman | servant to knight, was good with bow and arrow, and knife |
| plowman | honest, faithful worker, chritable outside work, loved to help people |
| prioress | a nun, she spoke french, she tried to have good manners but really didn't |
| parson | he practiced what he preached, he was rich in holy though but was actually poor |
| monk | enjoyed hunting and eating. dressed very nicely. was high class |
| wife of bath | big woman, somewhat deaf, make clothing. had 5 husbands |
| friar | he abused his priviledges, when people came to give penance, he charged them money |
| doctor | grounded in astronomy, he and his apothecaries helped each other make profits |
| merchant | had a forking beard, he was in debt |
| shipman | he knew tides and currents well |
| clerk of oxford | and he would gladly learn and gladly teach |
| cook | good cook |
| sergeant in law | lawyer knew all cases and law |
| franklin | owned a lot of land, very hospitable |
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