Canterbury Tale

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travels with his son, the Squire. ____ tells the first tale, a romantic tale of a love triangle between two knights and a woman they both love.

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Knight

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the son of the Knight, and the only pilgrim other than Chaucer stated as having literary ambitions: he can "wel endite". He tells an interrupted tale concerning the gifts that a mysterious knight brings to the court of Tartary.

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Squire

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delicate, sentimental woman, she weeps over any small tragedy such as the death of a mouse. She attempts to appear refined, but her refinement is superficial. Her tale concerns the murder of a small child at the hands of Jews who loathe the child for singing about the Virgin Mary.

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The Prioress

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A robust and masculine man, the _____travels with the Prioress and Second Nun.

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Monk

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He is an immoral man concerned largely with profit rather than turning men away from sin. His tale is an attack on the wickedness of summoners.

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Friar

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He is an arrogant man obsessed with profit margins. His story is a comic tale concerning an elderly blind man who takes a young wife who proves unfaithful.

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Merchant

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travels with his son, the Squire. ____ tells the first tale, a romantic tale of a love triangle between two knights and a woman they both love.

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Knight

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student at Oxford, and his lack of an actual profession leaves him impoverished. Although educated, his intellectual pursuits have left him virtually unemployable. He tells a tale of the humble Griselde, who marries a man of high status who cruelly tests her devotion to him.

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Clerk

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the son of the Knight, and the only pilgrim other than Chaucer stated as having literary ambitions: he can "wel endite". He tells an interrupted tale concerning the gifts that a mysterious knight brings to the court of Tartary.

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Squire

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tells a religiously inspired tale concerning Constance, a woman who suffers a number of tragedies but is at each turn saved by her devotion to her Christian beliefs.

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Man of Law (Lawyer)

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delicate, sentimental woman, she weeps over any small tragedy such as the death of a mouse. She attempts to appear refined, but her refinement is superficial. Her tale concerns the murder of a small child at the hands of Jews who loathe the child for singing about the Virgin Mary.

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The Prioress

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takes delight in all simple pleasures, most prominently culinary ones. His story is that of a woman who promises to have an affair with a man if he can save her husband.

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Franklin

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A robust and masculine man, the _____travels with the Prioress and Second Nun.

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Monk

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A lewd and vulgar man, the ____ often engages in violent and contentious behavior. He tells a tale that appears to be a fabliau. However, this tale does not exist in a completed form.

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Cook

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He is an immoral man concerned largely with profit rather than turning men away from sin. His tale is an attack on the wickedness of summoners.

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Friar

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He is an arrogant man obsessed with profit margins. His story is a comic tale concerning an elderly blind man who takes a young wife who proves unfaithful.

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Merchant

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student at Oxford, and his lack of an actual profession leaves him impoverished. Although educated, his intellectual pursuits have left him virtually unemployable. He tells a tale of the humble Griselde, who marries a man of high status who cruelly tests her devotion to him.

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Clerk

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tells a religiously inspired tale concerning Constance, a woman who suffers a number of tragedies but is at each turn saved by her devotion to her Christian beliefs.

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Man of Law (Lawyer)

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takes delight in all simple pleasures, most prominently culinary ones. His story is that of a woman who promises to have an affair with a man if he can save her husband.

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Franklin

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A lewd and vulgar man, the ____ often engages in violent and contentious behavior. He tells a tale that appears to be a fabliau. However, this tale does not exist in a completed form.

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Cook

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tells the tale of a woman who agrees to have an affair with a monk who will pay her so that she can repay a debt to her husband, but this monk ultimately borrows this money from the husband himself.

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Skipper

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tells a tale about a father who, in order to protect his daughter from scoundrels who contrive to rape her, murders his daughter.

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Physician

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has been married five times and is currently searching for another man to marry. The ____ is opinionated and boisterous, and her tale, which centers around the question "what do women want?," promotes her view that women wish to have authority over men.

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Wife of Bath

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is a man devoted to his congregation, decent and principled. His tale is a long dissertation on the definition of sin and its various forms.

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The Parson

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rude and contemptuous of his fellow travelers. His tale is a comic story of a devious student who contrives to have an affair with the wife of a dimwitted carpenter.

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Miller

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tells a fable that attributes the dark appearance and unpleasant sound of crows to the actions of a white crow who told the god Phoebus of his wife's infidelity.

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Manciple

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issue summons for people to appear in front of the Church court, and in this the ____ is quite unfair. He tells a tale in response to the Friar's diatribe against ----that parodies the Friar's profession.

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Summoner

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is intensely self-loathing yet devoted to his task of defrauding people of their money by making them believe that they have sinned and need to buy pardons. His tale is an allegory about three rioters who find death through their avarice. The ____ uses this tale as an attempt to sell pardons to the company, but is silenced by the Host.

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Pardoner