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Canterbury Tales Pilgrims Group 3
Canterbury Tales Pilgrims Group 3
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12th Grade
10/02/2012

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Miller
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weighs 224 pounds, 16 stones
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Miller
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stout; brawn and bone; broad
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Miller
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red beard looks like spade
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Miller
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wart on his nose with red hair in it
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Miller
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mouth like a furnace door
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Miller
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blue and white hooded coat;
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Miller
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Wins wrestling matches
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Miller
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can take the door off its hinge
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Miller
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wrangler; buffoon
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Miller
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tells crude bar stories; drinks heavily
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Miller
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steals grain
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Miller
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plays bagpipes
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Manciple
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Uneducated lawyer, but smarter than most lawyers
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Manciple
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buys on credit and cash
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Manciple
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doesn’t make rash decisions
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Manciple
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watches the market
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Manciple
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can’t read; illiterate
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Manciple
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fiery tempter
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Manciple
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a miser
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Manciple
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he can hoard his own money
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Reeve
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Old; yellowish skin color
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Reeve
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very bad temper
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Reeve
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short hair stops at his ears
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Reeve
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long blue overcoat
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Reeve
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rusty knife
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Reeve
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rusty knife
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Reeve
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rides at the back of the group
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Reeve
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works for a sheep herder
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Reeve
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can predict the weather
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Reeve
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people are scared of him
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Reeve
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rich man who saves his money
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Reeve
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carpenter
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Summoner
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Bright red face from an unknown disease
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Summoner
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narrow eyes
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Summoner
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hot tempered
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Summoner
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sings the counter (bass part) melody to the Pardoner’s songs
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Summoner
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black scabby eye brows
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Summoner
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thin beard
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Summoner
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very bad cause of pimples that can’t be cured
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Summoner
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wears garland on his head
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Summoner
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Children are afraid of him
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Summoner
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loves garlic, onion, and red wine
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Summoner
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speaks Latin when he is drunk (the few phrases he knows)
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Summoner
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talks too much when he is drunk
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Summoner
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says “I ask what point of law applies."
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Summoner
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can be bribed with wine
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Summoner
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found men and women “living in sin” and forgave the man in exchange for a quart of wine
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Summoner
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preaches that we should beware of excommunication
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Summoner
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uses his power for personal gain
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Summoner
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lecherous
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Summoner
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dominates the young women in his district
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Pardoner
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Gentle; might have been homosexual
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Pardoner
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rode with the Summoner
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Pardoner
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sings loudly “Come hither, love, come home"
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Pardoner
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long, smooth, thin, yellow hair like wax that hangs down his back
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Pardoner
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hair looks like rat tails
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Pardoner
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wears no hood (because he thinks it is fashionable
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Pardoner
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only a little cap on the top of his bare head
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Pardoner
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bulging eyeballs
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Pardoner
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holey relic sewn into his cap
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Pardoner
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carries his wallet in his lap
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Pardoner
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small voice like a goat
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Pardoner
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no beard; smooth chin
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Pardoner
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Can make more money than the parson does in a month
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Pardoner
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pillow case of trinket relics for sale (made from pig bones)
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Pardoner
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makes a mockery of the priest and congregation
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Pardoner
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in church acts like the noble holy man
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Pardoner
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can easily win money from the church goers
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Pardoner
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exploits the poor for his own gain
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Pardoner
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is a good storyteller because he makes a living telling lies
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Host
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Harry Bailey
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Host
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owner of Tabard Inn
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Host
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bright eyes
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Host
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wide man
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Host
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has them draw straws to choose the story telling order
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Host
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Welcoming, pilgrims trust him, he is entertaining,
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Host
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serves the finest food
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Host
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bold speech, wise and tactful
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Host
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merry-hearted
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Host
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jokes with the others
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Host
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proposes the story telling idea
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Tabard Inn
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an inn that on Borough Hill Street, London, established 1307, south of London Bridge
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Tabard Inn
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owned by the host
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