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Chaucer’s Prologue to the Canterbury Tales

Chaucer’s Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. Methods of Characterization. What the narrator directly says about the character. Johnny was an alcoholic who enjoyed romance novels. Susan was five nine, with willowy limbs and red hair.

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Chaucer’s Prologue to the Canterbury Tales

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  1. Chaucer’s Prologue to the Canterbury Tales Methods of Characterization

  2. What the narrator directly says about the character. Johnny was an alcoholic who enjoyed romance novels. Susan was five nine, with willowy limbs and red hair.

  3. What does the way a character look and dress suggest about their character? Looks and dress He was wearing dirty saggy jeans and a wife beater. Dressed in a three piece suit with diamond cuff links, he radiated confidence. Her dress was so short it was scandalous.

  4. What do the characters words and actions say about them? Words and actions. Yo Yo! Where’s the can Pardon me, but can you point me to the nearest bathroom. He pulled his hood up over his face as he entered the convenience store. Slowly she entered the room and crept toward the crib. As she gazed lovingly down at the child, she pulled the blanket up to keep the child warm.

  5. How would you characterize them based on their private thoughts and feelings? As she sat across the table from her date she thought to herself, “why did I agree to this date, he is way to poor for me?” Watching the presidential debates infuriated her, neither candidate could ever truly measure up to her high ideals. All he wanted to do was ask her out, but he feared rejection from her or anyone else. The thoughts of loneliness pervaded his dreams.

  6. How others respond to the character. As the man in the three piece suit slowly approached the girl on the bench, she glanced up screamed in horror and ran in the opposite direction. Despite his wife beater and saggy jeans he was surrounded by children the minute he entered the room.

  7. Different levels of characters Upper class: Knight, Squire, church people Learned professions: Physician, Man of Law Landed Gentry: Franklin Medieval manor people: Miller, Reeve Mercantile Class: Shipman, Merchant Guildsman: Haberdasher Laborer: Plowman

  8. Chaucer’s Division Five Ideals: treats them seriously: Knight, Squire, Clerk, Parson, Plowman Pokes Fun at: Prioress, Monk, Wife of Bath Quiet about: short portraits with no personal view coming through Some are not very good: slightly negative about: Shipman, Manciple Hardened Sinners: (all of them religious officials) Friar, Pardoner, Summoner

  9. 7 Deadly Sins

  10. Envy

  11. Pride (Hubris)

  12. Avarice (Greed)

  13. Lust

  14. Wrath (anger)

  15. Gluttony

  16. Sloth

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