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general prologue Flashcards

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1
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what is the tavern called?

A

the tabard

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knight

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  • lives by chivalric code
  • very successful warrior
  • second estate
  • goes to Canterbury to thank God for his success and for surviving
  • modest clothing
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squire

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  • second estate
  • knight’s son
  • around 20 years old
  • does everything to win his lover’s heart
  • somewhat vain
  • wants to make his father proud
  • curly hair
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yeoman

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  • squire’s servant
  • an archer
  • wears a medal of st. christopher
  • third estate
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nun/prioress/madam eglantyne

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  • virgin estate
  • pretends to speak french
  • large forehead(unintelligent)
  • her whole personality is fake
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monk

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  • first estate
  • a hunter(of women)
  • does not follow the rules of st. benet
  • travels a lot
  • greasy(untrustworthy)
  • hunts rabbits
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friar/hubert

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  • first estate
  • charges people to hear/forgive their sins
  • does not help the needy - lepers
  • spends a lot of time at the taverns
  • fakes a lisp
  • a white neck(morally bad)
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merchant

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  • tells people he is making a lot of money, when he is actually in debt
  • third estate
  • forking beard
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oxford cleric

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  • third estate
  • studies a lot
  • if someone were to give him money for a book, he would thank them and pray for them truthfully
  • very thin
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serjeant at the law

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  • third estate
  • very intelligent
  • a law official
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franklin

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  • white beard(very old)
  • benign
  • keeps a dagger in his girdle
  • sanguine(cheerful)
  • has an abundance of food - glutonous
  • third estate
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haberdasher/dyer/carpenter/weaver/carpet-maker

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  • third estate
  • all in the same fraternity
  • their wives all want them to be wealthy
  • alderman
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cook

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  • third estate
  • came with the frat brothers
  • has an ulcer in his knee
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shipper

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  • third estate
  • can not ride a horse very well
  • ship captain
  • sends his enemies to walk the plank
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doctor

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  • third estate
  • practice based on the four humors and their balance
  • mis-diagnoses his patients
  • works with his apothecary to get more money off of people(prescribes them with medicine they don’t need)
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worthy woman/wife from bath

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  • partially deaf
  • has had 5 husbands
  • widow estate
  • has gap teeth(bold)
  • travels a lot
  • know a lot about how to get a men
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parson

A
  • first estate
  • priest
  • gives money to the poor(his own and the churches)
  • believes that priests need to be good examples for the other people
  • shepherd(the sheep will follow them)
  • follows what he preaches
  • a foil for the friar
18
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plow man

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  • third estate
  • the parson’s brother
  • gives to the needy
  • caritas(does what is good b/c it is right)
  • devoted to the bible
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miller

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  • third estate
  • weighs 16 stone(224 1bs)
  • red hair(beard)
  • very strong and brawny
  • brags about how strong he is
  • steals grain
  • tells vulgar stories
  • a foil to the reeve
20
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manciple

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  • from inner temple
  • third estate
  • illiterate
  • very good with money
21
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reeve

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  • third estate
  • helps his master avoid tax paying
  • skilled carpenter
  • has a hidden stash of money
  • very thin and clean shaven
22
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summoner

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  • third estate
  • summons sinners to court
  • very visually disgusting (carbuncles, bad breath, etc.)
  • enjoys getting drunk
  • blackmails people
  • doesn’t see the point of the law
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pardoner

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  • third estate
  • came from visiting court of rome
  • comes with the summoner
  • thin, long hair, high pitched voice(feminine/like a woman)
  • sells people fake religious relics
24
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host

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  • third estate
  • bright eyes
  • creates the story-telling game
  • is also the judge
  • comes on the journey
25
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rules of the game

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  • everyone tells 2 stories there and two stories back
  • the person who tells the best one will get a meal payed for by the rest back at the tabard
  • stories should have a moral

english 10 honors - cola 1 (4 decks)

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