Character List from The Prologue of The Canterbury Tales:
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!
1. The Knight
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
2.
The Squire
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
Eckman
3.
The Yeoman
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
4.
A Nun (a Prioress)
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
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Eckman
5.
A Monk
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
6.
A Friar
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
3
Eckman
7.
A Merchant:
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
8.
An Oxford Cleric:
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
4
Eckman
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:
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Eckman
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.
b.
Profession:
Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
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Eckman
17. A Skipper:
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
18. A Doctor:
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
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Eckman
19. A Woman from Bath:
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
20. A Parson:
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
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Eckman
21. A Plowman:
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
22. A Miller:
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
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Eckman
23. A Maniciple:
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
24. A Reeve:
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
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Eckman
25. A Summoner:
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
26. The Pardoner:
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
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Eckman
27. The Host:
a. Profession:
b. Description:
c. Personality/Characteristics/Traits:
28, 29 and 30……a Nun, a priest and the Narrator.
Setting:
a. Time of Yearb. Place that pilgrimage begins (city AND place)c. Where are they goingd. Who or what are they going to seee. How long to get there (miles)f.
Total miles of trip-
g. What is the contesth. What is the prize-
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