EckmanWissler TCT 1
Character List from Prologue : The Canterbury Tales 50 pts
Directions: For each character, make sure you have a physical description (what they look like) and a personality description (how they act, talk, characteristics or traits). Be sure to tell what their profession is, too! HINT: 1. The descriptions are Chaucer’s use of Direct Characterization. 2. The Personality/Characteristics/Traits are Chaucer’s use of Indirect Characterization. 3. Some characters will have more details than others; not all characters will have ‘physical’ descriptions or Personality/Characteristics/Traits. 4. You will need quotes for your essay! Make sure you make a note for quotes in your description! **See the example I gave you for the Knight.
BEFORE YOU READ: Define: 1. Direct Characterization:
Source: 2. Indirect Characterization:
Source: 3. Frame Story:
Source: 4. Dramatic Irony:
Source: 5. Situational Irony:
Source 6. Verbal Irony:
Source: Eckman Wissler TCT2
AS YOU READ from the Prologue:
Setting:
a. Time of Year-
b. Place that pilgrimage begins (city AND place)-
c. Where are they going-
d. Who or what are they going to see-
e. How long to get there (one-way) in miles (You need to look this up!)-
f. Total miles of trip (Take your answer for e and multiply it by 2!)-
g. Who proposes the contest?
h. What is the contest- Eckman Wissler TCT3
i. What is the prize-
Characters: 1. The Knight
a. Profession: Is a warrior, fights for his lord or the king
b. Description:
“He wore a fustian tunic” (Prologue line 77).- it means he wore a basic tunic; nothing fancy which shows he didn’t like to show off his wealth.
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits: Eckman Wissler TCT4
2. The Squire
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
3. The Yeoman
a. Profession:
b. Description: Eckman Wissler TCT5
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
4. A Nun (a Prioress)
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
5. A Monk
a. Profession:
b. Description: Eckman Wissler TCT6
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
6. A Friar
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
7. A Merchant:
a. Profession: Eckman Wissler TCT7
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
8. An Oxford Cleric:
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits: Eckman Wissler TCT8
9. A Sergeant of the Law
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
10. A Franklin
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits: Eckman Wissler TCT9
11, 12, 13, 14, 15. A Haberdasher, a Dyer, a Carpenter, a Weaver and a Carpet-Maker
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
16. A Cook:
a. Profession:
b. Description: Eckman Wissler TCT10
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
17. A Skipper:
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
18. A Doctor:
a. Profession:
b. Description: Eckman Wissler TCT11
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
19. A Woman from Bath:
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
20. A Parson:
a. Profession:
b. Description: Eckman Wissler TCT12
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
21. A Plowman:
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
22. A Miller:
a. Profession:
b. Description: Eckman Wissler TCT13
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
23. A Manciple:
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
24. A Reeve:
a. Profession:
b. Description: Eckman Wissler TCT14
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
25. A Summoner:
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
26. The Pardoner:
a. Profession:
b. Description: Eckman Wissler TCT15
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
27. The Host:
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
28, 29 and 30……a Nun, a priest and the Narrator. (Who is the narrator??) Eckman Wissler TCT16
Complete this Works Cited by doing an entry for each of your definitions. This is worth 30 pts! For web citations, use this basic formula:
Author. Title. Publisher, Publication Date, URL.
For the textbook- follow the examples below.
Works Cited
Chaucer, Geoffrey. Prologue: The Canterbury Tales. Holt McDougal Literature: British Literature Grade 12. Orlando: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. 2012. pp 144-166.
Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Pardoner’s Tale: The Canterbury Tales. Holt McDougal Literature: British Literature Grade 12. Orlando: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. 2012. pp 170- 180.
Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Wife of Bath’s Tale: The Canterbury Tales. Holt McDougal Literature: British Literature Grade 12. Orlando: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. 2012. pp 170- 180.
“Direct Characterization”.
“Indirect Characterization”.
“Frame Story”. Eckman Wissler TCT17
“Dramatic Irony”.
“Situational Irony”.
“Verbal Irony”.