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Canterbury Tales
Canterbury Tales first 8 characters
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English
12th Grade
10/24/2007

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knight
Definition
highest social class  (Feudal) gentle, honorable, fought in 15 mortal battles, never lost a joust, wise, well-traveled.  Wearing clothing that is smudged/ stained by armor.  He has a fine horse.  Coarse cloth made of cotton and linen.  Well- bred.
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squire
Definition
(Feudal) Son of the night.  He sleeps with people.  Lady’s man.  20 yrs old.  Writes poems.  Knows how to ride a horse.  Wearing a short gown with sleeves long and wide.  Curley hair perfectly pressed, (he cares about his appearance).
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Yeoman
Definition
(feudal) soldier/ archer, wears green, equipment/ weapons/ ready for a fight/ in good condition, wears a metal of St. Christopher (patron saint of travelers), he’s tan, belt over his shoulder (baldrick)
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Prioress
Definition
(religious)nice, neat, sluty nun, likes attention, cultured (French), wears green beads[teacher answer- swears by St. Loy, speaks inferior French, charitable towards animals, carries a rosary but instead of a cross there is a broach that says “love conquers all”, she brings attention to her body when she eats, choice of veil emphasizes her forehead, she tries to appear above her class]
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Nun and 3 priests
Definition
(religious) accompanying the prioress
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monk
Definition
fur at the end of his sleeves, fat, bald, hunts, he treated his horse well [hunter, greyhounds, sleeves garnished with fur, pin à lover’s knot, nice boots, horse in good condition, eats swan, fat à gluttony, not pale, manly man, bald, ] seven deadly sins- gluttony, lust, envy, greed, sloth, wrath, pride
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friar
Definition
(religious) jolly, wanton. Mary of “his women” – pregnant  Listening tp the propels confessions- uses it to blackmail them- not allowed to do this, pay for forgiveness, carries knives as gifts to give to pretty girls, knows every bar and in keeper, gets money from the poor (threatens then, stealing, knows their secrets from confessions, dresses like a doctor or pope. Name is Hubert.
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merchant
Definition
(city) in debt, wears expensive clothes (Flemish beaver hat, multi- colored clothing, witty, he is good at his job, not good at budgeting, trades outside of England (wants someone to guard the oceans), we don’t know his name)
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Oxford Cleric
Definition
(city) student, poor, plain clothes, can’t take good care of his animals, quiet, didn’t want to get a job, loved to learn, he was a beggar and gladly accepted money, good moral values, loves Aristotle, spends all his money on books
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