THE CANTERBURY TALES CHARACTER CHART Pilgrim Chaucer (narrator) Knight Pgs. 98-99 Squire (knight’s son) 20 years old Pg. 99 Yeoman (an outdoorsman) Also an attendant in a royal household Pg. 100 Nun (a.k.a Prioress) High ranking; Has a chaplain (nun) and 3 priests with her Pgs. 100-101 Physical Traits Negative Qualities and Sins Positive Traits Funny Observant Honest Sarcastic Pilgrim The Monk Pgs. 101-102 The Friar (Hubert), (a limiter, he is limited to the area where he can beg) Pgs. 102-104 Merchant (wealthy middle class) Pg. 104 Oxford Cleric (a student) Pg. 104-105 Physical Traits Negative Qualities and Sins Positive Traits Pilgrim Sergeant of Law (an attorney) Pgs. 105-106 The Franklin (a land owner: freeholder of non-noble birth) Pg. 106 The guildsman (haberdasher; carpenter, dyer, weaver, and carpetmaker) 5 men TOTAL Pgs. 106-107 Cook Pg. 107 Physical Traits Negative Qualities and Sins Positive Traits Pilgrim Skipper (Shipman) Pgs. 107-108 The Doctor Pg. 108 The Wife of Bath Pgs. 108-109 The Parson (he practiced what he preached) Pgs. 109-110 Physical Traits Negative Qualities and Sins Positive Traits Pilgrim The Plowman Pgs. 110-111 The Miller (Robin is his name) Pg. 111 The Manciple (steward at a law school) Pg. 112 The Reeve (the manager of an estate) Pg. 112-113 Physical Traits Negative Qualities and Sins Positive Traits Pilgrim The Summoner (his job is to summon sinners to church court trials) Pg. 113-114 The Pardoner (sells pardons) Pgs. 114-115 The Host (Harry Bailey) Physical Traits Negative Qualities and Sins Positive Traits