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The Plowman by Dillon O'Donnell

The Plowman is one of the 27 fictional characters from Geoffrey Chaucer's story *Canterbury Tales.* The Plowman is a hard laborer who endures some of the most dirty jobs of the medieval world, which includes filling carts with cow dung. Yet despite his low-level peasant status he remains one of the most positive and cheerful characters in the story. He is regarded as a devoted religious man who is helpful to others and is God-fearing.

**Events of Canterbury Tales**

The story of Canterbury Tales describes the tale of 27 pilgrims on their way to the shrine of the martyr Saint Thomas Becket in Canterbury. Each one of the pilgrims displays each a stereotypical archetype of the different classes of the medieval world. As the pilgrims make their way unto the church each shares their own story based upon their own reflections and social standing.

**Personality**

The Plowman is a deeply religious man who demonstrates selflessness and his devotion to God, by maintaining a most admirable attitude despite being a peasant and shoveling manure. In the first introduction of the Plowman Chaucer describes his personality as loving his neighbor and being a most charitable and respectable man.

**Class**

In the medieval world only two classes existed which was the rich and the poor. The Plowman is of the peasant class and yet Chaucer describes him as giving a portion of his yearly salary to tithes for the church. This example further back ups the Plowman's giving and selfless personality.

**Symbolism**

The Plowman serves as symbolism for Jesus Christ as Chaucer wanted to demonstrate Christ like actions and characteristics through a character like the Plowman. Also the Plowman has a humble job as a hard laborer who works outside in harsh conditions, similarly to Jesus who was a carpenter from a small poor town of Nazareth.

   **Sources**

https://www.shmoop.com/canterbury-tales-prologue/the-plowman.html

http://piers.chass.ncsu.edu/about/piersPlowman.html

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/canterbury/characters.html
Summoner- Cameron.E

## The Summoner (Canterbury Tales)

The Summoner is one the characters in Tales Canterbury Tales. His main purpose is to bring people to the church who have been accused of some crime. One of the main things he is known for is drinking. One of the things talked about in his summary that he was going up to people pleading and begging for them to give him Alcohol.

### Description

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The Summoner is described as having narrow eyes, black scab covered brows, a thin beard, and a red baby face. He smelled of garlic as he ate that frequently and wore it around his head.

Since the Summoner had a lot of power with his position ( the church was the equivalent to the mafia at the time.) he used it to further himself whether it was taking bribes, alcohol, or women. Overall the summoner had political power at the time.

### Social Class

The Summoner is a man of The Clergy. His social hierarchy would have been considered middle class with the amount of money he made, but would overall have been considered categorized in the religious class.

### Story

His role is important in the sense of others lives revolve around him when it comes to who the church wants to pick on next.  There is a scene in the General Prologue that shows a conversation between The Friar and The Summoner bickering over each other.

### Symbolism

The Summoner is symbolic of a tax collector in biblical times or even a corrupt politician. Someone who enfforces the rules of the church but may add their own spin on things whether its bribes with money or alcohol. Overall the character was very hypocritical of his actions. Chaucer's didn't like the Summoner. The Summoner was bad at his job and used his religious power for evil.

### Middle English

Middle English was a variation of the modern English language that was used for hundreds of years up until the late 15th century. The Canterbury Tales was originally written by Geoffrey Chaucer in Middle English.

### Sources

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/canterbury/themes.html

http://www.thehistoryofenglish.com/history\_middle.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey\_Chaucer

http://www.librarius.com/canttran/gptrfs.htm

http://canterbury-tales.wikia.com/wiki/The\_Summoner\_-\_Anthony\_Beckman
Fred

## Fred Waterford

**Fred Waterford** ist der Ehemann von Serena Joy Waterford und ein führendes Mitglied der Regierung von Gilead.

## Persönlichkeit

Fred scheint sich, wie so viele andere auch, häufig im Konflikt mit der Rolle zu befinden, die er sich im Staat Gilead selbst zugesprochen hat. Es ist unklar, ob er wirklich gläubig ist, allerdings wirkt es häufig, als habe er die Religion lediglich als Vorwand für politische Interessen genutzt. Es fällt ihm schwer, sich an die moralischen Vorgaben des Staats zu halten und auch mit der Zeremonie hat er Probleme. Ihm scheint eine emotionale Verbindung zu der Magd mit der er schlafen muss, wichtig zu sein. Er wirkt sensibler und gutmütiger als seine Frau, stellt sich dann aber doch als extrem manipulativ heraus.

## Biografie

### Vor Gilead

Fred war maßgeblich an de Entwicklung des Staates Gilead beteiligt. Es wird angedeutet, dass er und Serena Joy etwas mit dem terroristischen Attentat auf den Kongress zu tun hatten, der zum Ausnahmezustand und dem Aufstiegt der Söhne von Jakob führte. Es scheint, als hätte er mehr Skrupel als seine Frau gehabt, für die Verwirklichung ihrer Ideen über Leichen zu gehen, doch das hielt ihn nicht davon ab, den Plan mit in die Tat umzusetzen.
The Clerk (By Erik Blair)

**Clerk Summary**

The Clerk is a character from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

The Clerk is a skinnier person. He barely has enough to feed himself so he is about as stout as a rake. He has twenty books (Black and red) and constantly buys more. His suitcase has little gold in it, and most of that was borrowed from his friends. The instant he gets his money he wants to buy a book. He would rather have books than any sort of other luxury goods. He has a high morale and is always ready to learn and teach. The clerk spends his days reading and learning. Wherever he goes he always has a book with him. He might also be keeping records and administering various things.

**His Story Summarized**

Every character in *Canterbury Tales* has their own tale to tell, and the clerk is no different. His story takes place in Salucia, a small city in modern-day Italy. The two main characters are Walter, a prince looking for a wife, and Gresilde, a poor woman who Walter chose as his wife. The clerk’s tale is mainly centered around Gresilde’s loyalty to Walter. Gresilde is from a poor class part of Salucia. Walter constantly tested Gresilde’s loyalty to him with these several trials. The first two test focus on the heirs. He first tells his wife that the people don’t like her because she is not from nobility. He tells her that they must kill their first child to appease the people. She agrees, but Walter secretly sends their child to Bologna to be fostered. When they have their second child Walter does a similar trick again and once again Gresilde obeys. Through a couple of other tests, he finally shows Gresilde that the children are still alive and they live together forever.

**Sources:**

Lat, David. “Supreme Court Clerks: Where Are They Now?” *Supreme Court Clerks: Where Are They N'**ow? | Above The Law*****, Above The Law, 6 June 2014, abovethelaw.com/2014/06/supreme-court-clerks-where-are-they-now-2/.**

Newman, Simon. “Clergy in the Middle Ages.” *Clergy in the Middle Ages| Middle Ages*, The Finer Times, www.thefinertimes.com/Middle-Ages/clergy-in-the-middle-ages.html.

“The Clerks Prologue.” *Geoffrey Chaucer (1342-1400) "The Canterbury Tales" (in Middle English and Modern English)*, Librarius, www.librarius.com/cantales.htm.
The Manciple - Kaelyn

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## The Manciple's Character

In Chaucer’s time, a manciple was in charge of buying and managing provisions for monasteries and organizations. We don’t know what he looks like, but we are told his hair is as short as the priest. Chaucer describes the manciple as a mean, shrewd, rude, and deceptive person. The manciple describes the drunken cook's appearance, saying that he looks dazed, his breath stinks, he yawns, and his horrible breath is infecting everyone.

## The Manciple's Tale

The Manciple's Tale begins with a prologue about The manciple teasing the Cook  about being drunk. The Cook is told to tell a tale out of punishment but the Manciple requests to tell it instead. Chiding Cook for being too drunk to even stay in his saddle. The Host agreed to this change and the tale begins. The tale is about a man named Pheobus Apollo and his pet crow. The crow was white and could speak. Pheobus has a wife whom he loves very much, but never lets her leave the house. The manciple starts to tell about how no matter how tamed a creature may be, you cannot remove it's basic nature; As such, the wife finds another lover. Pheobus' crow tells his owner about this news and in a fit of rage Pheobus kills her. In grief Pheobus regrets killing her and blamed the crow, cursing the bird with black feathers and an ugly voice. The Manciple ends his story with a moral about sometimes it's best to hold your tongue and to not say anything malicious to others even if it's true.

## References

The Manciple's Tale. (2018, March 31). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Manciple's\_Tale

Shmoop Editorial Team. (2008, November 11). The Canterbury Tales: General Prologue & Frame Story The Manciple's Prologue Summary. Retrieved from https://www.shmoop.com/canterbury-tales-prologue/manciples-prologue.html

Sorry ! (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.librarius.com/cantales.htm
The 5 Guilds-men by: Porter Legg

## Summary

The five guilds-men are five separate charters, all of the have differing jobs. Those jobs go as follows. haberdasher, carpenter,weaver, dyer and tapestry maker. They five guilds-men also hired the Cook for the journey.

## Tale

They don't have have a tale to tell. They only appear in the prologue.

## Chaucer's opinion

He really doesn't have a much of an opinion of them. He says they dress well with their dyed clothes. He also says their dagger are made with fine silver istead of cheap bronze.

## Sources

* “Haberdasher.” *Dictionary.com*, Dictionary.com.
* “Carpenter.” *Dictionary.com*, Dictionary.com
* www.dictionary.com. (2018). *the definition of weaver*. [online] Available at: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/weaver?s=t [Accessed 12 Oct. 2018].
* "Medieval Occupations Dyer, Engineer, Engraver." hkcarms.tripod.com/oc7.html.
* "Tapestry." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc, 28 July 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapestry. Accessed 12 Oct. 2018.
* "The Cook's Tale." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc, 24 Sept. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Cook%27s\_Tale. Accessed 12 Oct. 2018.
* "The Five Guildsmen & The Cook." The Canterbury Tales - KFD, kfdcanterburytales.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-five-guildsmen-cook.html.
The Parson / Clayson

## The Parson from The Canterbury Tales.

The Parson from, Canterbury Tales by Chaucer, is a religious churchman and the only one who actually fully devoted to the religion and spreading the gospel with no other motives, unlike the Monk, the Friar, and the Pardoner. For this reason he is important to society because people need religion without getting scammed.

He appears in "The parson's tale", one of the Canterbury Tales.

He is one of the poorer classes but he still sacrifices some of his money, property even, to give to the more needy.

It is said that he travels very far, rain or shine, well or sick, never failing to reach his destination to teach the gospel to everyone regardless of financial state, unlike The Friar who only teaches to the rich to get money.

## What The Parson Does.

The Country Parson has been an important part of English and American society for centuries, probably as far back as when Christianity was introduced to Europe. He has been the iconic role of the humble man of God, helping his neighbors and setting a good example for all. Often The Parson is also the Church's custodian and gardener, deriving the knowledge for this from his common occupation as a farmer.

## Descriptions from the Tale.

The first few lines of the character's part of the prologue describe the character's physical appearance as a poor, hardworking country man. In prologue line 497, it says he carry's a stave with him.
The last few lines in the prologue describe his personality by emphasizing that he really follows the gospel in a peaceful and well mannered way. A real humbled man of god.
lines 517 to 521 include some big and uncommon words to very specifically describe The Parson as not to preachy, nor is he judgemental of others who disagree with him.

The Parson is also a somewhat educated clerk. He went out of his way to teach the gospel to all people and this required him to travel very far sometimes. The author labels him as the best priest he ever knew due his pure heart and diligent following of the gospel himself.

## Chaucer's Opinion.

Chaucer has a very good opinion toward this character. Line 526 very specifically says "I think there never was a better priest." Could it be any more obvious that Chaucer likes this character. However some lines are a bit more tricky to interoperate. for example "But he ne lefte nat, for reyn ne thonder," what does that even mean? It's dumbfounding. However it translates to "But never did he fail, for rain or thunder."

## Works Cited

“The Parson's Tale.” *Wikipedia*, Wikimedia Foundation, 22 Sept. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Parson's\_Tale.

“The History Behind the 17th Century Country Parson Style.” *Leonard's Book Restoration*,
 20 July 2014, www.leonardsbooks.com/what-we-can-do/leonards-specialty-rebinding-styles/the-17th-century-country-parson-style/history-country-parson/.

*SparkNotes*, SparkNotes, www.sparknotes.com/lit/canterbury/characters/.

*From "The Canterbury Tales": General Prologue (Modern English and Middle English)*, © 1997 Librarius, www.librarius.com/canttran/gptrfs.htm.
Janine

**Janine** ist eine Magd von Gilead. Sie wird zusammen mit June ins Rote Zentrum gebracht, doch während June sich möglichst unauffällig verhält, will Janine sich den Anweisungen der Tanten nicht beugen. Zur Strafe wird ihr gleich am ersten Tag ein Auge entfernt - ein Trauma, von dem sich Janine psychisch nie wieder erholt.

## Biografie

### Vor Gilead

Im Roten Zentrum muss Janine umringt von den anderen Mägden erzählen, wie sie in ihrer Schulzeit von mehreren Mitschülern in einem Keller vergewaltigt wurde. Sie ist von dem Erlebnis offensichtlich stark traumatisiert - einige der Jungs hielt sie für Freunde. Als sie mit der Erzählung fertig ist, gibt Tante Lydia ihr die Schuld für die Vergewaltigungen, weil sie die Täter gereizt habe. Unter dem Druck der Tanten zeigen die anderen Mägde mit dem Finger auf Janine und geben ihr ebenfalls laut die Schuld für alles, was ihr angetan wurde. Janine hat einen Sohn namens Caleb.

### Gilead

Als June Janine nach dem Roten Zentrum wiedersieht, ist Janine hochschwanger und sehr stolz darauf. Sie ist psychisch offensichtlich noch immer instabil und zeigt autistische Züge. Nach der Geburt wird das Baby sofort in die Arme der rechtlichen Mutter gegeben und von dieser Angela genannt. Janine hat allerdings den Namen Charlotte für sie ausgewählt und ist froh, dass sie für die Stillzeit noch bei ihrem Kind sein kann. Als June sie später besucht, ist Janine überzeugt, dass der Familienvater Warren verliebt in sie ist und mit ihr und Charlotte durchbrennen wird. Als sich später herausstellt, dass ihr falsche Hoffnungen gemacht wurden und sie einer anderen Familie zugewisen wird, entführt sie das Kind und will sich mit ihm gemeinsam von einer Brücke in den Tod stürzen. June kann sie davon überzeugen, ihr das Mädchen zu übergeben, doch Janine selbst stürzt sich trotzdem in das eisige Wasser. Sie überlebt den Sturz zwar, wird für ihre Taten allerdings zum Tode verurteilt. Die anderen Mägde sollen sie steinigen, weigern sich jedoch.
Merchant 2018 By Ian Capell

## Description/ Social Class

The merchant is well off having the things that where fashionable. He is in debt though acts in a way that people would not know. He is motivated by money. The tales that the merchant tells are about a happy marriage even though he actually thought marriage was bondage.

## Merchant's Tale

His tale is about a knight who found a wife and how it was good and how the knight lived happily with his wife that was ordained by God. Based off of his backstory he was ironic in how his story had views that are opposite.

## Chaucer's opinion:

Chaucer views the merchant as a pessimistic person who cares more of riches than his wife. He dislikes his wife. He is not religious in his criticism of marriage he suggest that marriage is bondage. The merchant is going against tradition, caring about riches and not his wife. He blames his wife for his failures disregarding the notion that he could in fact be responsible .

## Works Cited

Chaucer, Geoffrey. “The Merchant's Tale.” *From "The Canterbury Tales": The Merchant's Tale (Modern English and Middle English)*, Librarius, http://www.librarius.com/canttran/merchtrfs.htm.

Mall, Lois. “How Does Chaucer Present the Merchant's Character in 'The Canterbury Tales'? - GCSE English - Marked by Teachers.com.” *Marked by Teachers*, www.markedbyteachers.com/gcse/english/how-does-chaucer-present-the-merchant-s-character-in-the-canterbury-tales.html.

Shmoop Editorial Team. "The Merchant in The Canterbury Tales: General Prologue & Frame Story." *Shmoop*. Shmoop University, Inc., 11 Nov. 2008. Web. 11 Oct. 2018. https://www.shmoop.com/canterbury-tales-prologue/the-merchant.html
The Man of Law, Canterbury Tales by Michaela Nicholes

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The Man of Law is a highly respected Middle Class man who is extremely busy. He is slightly suspicious of everything, so he chooses his words wisely when he speaks. He spends most of his time consulting with his clients outside St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. He would usually dress in a multicolored coat that was tied together with a silk belt.

## **Description**

The Man of Law was busy, but seemed more busy than he really was. He was a middle class man appointed by the King. He dressed in a multi-colored coat with a white pin striped belt. He was very knowledgable in all laws, and accurate when talking and practicig them.

## **Status/Class:**

He was a Middle Class man, not extremely wealthy, but not poor either. He was appointed by the King to his position as a lawyer.

## **Story:**

The Man of Law's tale is about a group of Syrian merchants and their journey to Rome. On this journey they meet a beautiful woman, the emperor's daughter. She was called lady Constance and she was beautiful but humble and wise. They then were in the presence of the Sultan, and told him stories of the noble Constance. After hearing these stories, the Sultan wanted to have Constance for himself. Constance then travels to Syria and avoids being murdered there by drifting out to sea. She dies by drowning in the ocean. Her ship runs ashore and she converts to her host Christianity. In the end of the story Constance finally decides to stay and reside in Rome.

## **Symbolism/Imagery:**

The way Chaucer explained the Man of Law was very simple, but how the Man of Law tried to make himself look in the story was the opposite. He made an effort to make himself look busier and more complicated than he really was.

Wo: regret, sorrow, pain[1]

Anon; straightway, at once, immediately [2]

Grucche: complain[3]

Fynde: provide[4]

## **Sources/References:**

http://www.librarius.com/cantales.htm

http://www.librarius.com/cantales.htm

http://www.sparknotes.com/nofear/lit/the-canterbury-tales/general-prologue/page\_8.html

https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/c/the-canterbury-tales/summary-and-analysis/the-man-of-laws-prologue-and-tale

http://www.gradesaver.com/the-canterbury-tales/study-guide/summary-the-man-of-laws-tale

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/canterbury/section2.rhtml
The Pardoner (Canterbury Tales) - Cameron Clark

## Class

The Pardoner's social class as Chaucer describes is emerging middle class in what happened to be during the medieval times.[1]

## Story

The Pardoner's stories are pretty vulgar. Each story will be about a certain moral or come down to his catchphrase or life quote which is "Radix malorum est cupidatis"[2] which means "Love of money is the root of evil."

The Host asks the Pardoner to tell the group a merrier, farcical tale. The Pardoner agrees, but will continue only after he has food and drink in his stomach. Other pilgrims interject that they would prefer to hear a moral story, and the Pardoner again agrees.

He tells the company about his occupation—a combination of itinerant preaching and selling promises of salvation.[3]

He gives a similar sermon to every congregation and then breaks out his bag of “relics”—which, he readily admits to the listening pilgrims, are fake. He will take a sheep’s bone and claim it has miraculous healing powers for all kinds of ailments. The parishioners always believe him and make their offerings to the relics, which the Pardoner quickly pockets.

The Pardoner admits that he preaches solely to get money, not to correct sin. He argues that many sermons are the product of evil intentions.

## Symbolism

It's possible to read the Pardoner's Tale as an allegory in which the characters and events represent abstract concepts rather than "real" people or situations. The presence of the mysterious stranger named Death more or less invites this interpretation. In an allegorical reading, the Three Rioters represent greed (or possibly, all sin), and their death and the events surrounding it are an allegory for the journey of the sinful soul to damnation.

The Old Man they meet along the way, who counsels them to follow a version of the golden rule, might even represent Jesus or God's revelation, telling mankind how he should act to deserve salvation. The Rioters' failure to listen to his advice represents the turning-away of the sinner from God's Revelation; the Old Man's direction of them to the eight bushels of gold when they ask for the location of Death is a not-so-subtle commentary on how the desire for material goods leads to damnation.

And of course, the Rioters' decision to murder one another to acquire these goods represents that damnation, since by that point they've cast off all other considerations, including their plan to defeat Death, to keep the gold. Since the rioters want the gold for the life of luxury it'll enable them to lead, it's likely that the gold also represents this sinful lifestyle. In short, the Pardoner's Tale is the allegory of how the sinful soul ignores God's revelation and rejects the opportunity for eternal life in favor of a mortal life centered on pleasure and material things. You don't really need an X-Box *and* a PS4. [4]

## Middle English

These were words that the Pardoner uses in his story pretty similar just spelled odd.

Hym -> Him

Rood -> Rode

Somonour -> Summoner

Voys -> Voice

See -> Sea

## Sources

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The Pardoner- Gracie

Description/Social class

The pardoner is a religious figure who forgives peoples sins in exchange for money. The pardoners most prominent feature is his long yellow locks of hair. They are long and hang loosely off his head, which is supposed to represent his spiritual standing indicate that his spirituality is loose. he also had "shiny eyes" much like a rabbits.

The pardoner is most likely middle class, but aspires to become rich.

The Pardoners Tale (Summary)

The pardoner is someone who "forgives" the townspeople for money. He sometimes is instructed by the host to tell funny stories. The pardoner gives lectures on basic sins and then tells people they can be forgived if they pay him.

Chaucers' opinion

Chaucer thinks that the pardoner is really selfish and a phony. He thinks he is a fake religious leader who tricks people out of their money.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Pardoner%27s\_Tale
The Miller- Kaitlyn Hansen

Role of Millers

Millers grounded the grain that was brought to them by the citizens of the town. Millers were important for food supply. The Miller’s social standing was lower class. They were expected to work 3 of the 7 days a week. They used different tools and basically worked the whole day. Some details about the character that the Chaucer does include his family life, background, and hobbies. There are still millers; but they can be compared to farmers.

The Story

The Miller was a strong-built guy who was always known to win at wrestling. He was very strong, but wasn’t very physically attractive. He had a wart on his nose and bright red hair and beard. He was known as a loud and obnoxious thief, and he had a smoking & drinking problem. Some specific words that add to my understanding of the Miller’s personality include jester, sin, obscenity, and thumb of gold.

The Miller's Tale is the story of a carpenter, his lovely wife, and two clerks (students). The carpenter, John, lives in Oxford with his much younger wife, Alisoun, who is a local beauty. Nicholas was an Oxford student who studied astrology. Nicholas and Alisoun begin flirting one day when the carpenter was gone. John find out and is upset.

Nicholas tells John he has had a vision from God and offers to tell John about it. He explains that he has foreseen a terrible event. The next Monday, waters twice as great as Noah’s flood will cover the land, exterminating all life. The carpenter believes him and fears for his wife, just what Nicholas had hoped would occur.

Nicholas instructs John to fasten three tubs, each loaded with provisions and an ax, to the roof of the barn. On Monday night, they will sleep in the tubs, so that when the flood comes, they can release the tubs, hack through the roof, and float until the water subsides. Nicholas also warns John that it is God’s commandment that they may do nothing but pray once they are in the tubs; no one is to speak.

Monday night arrives, and Nicholas, John, and Alisoun use a ladder to get into the hanging tubs. As soon as the carpenter begins to snore, Nicholas and Alisoun climb down, run back to the house, and sleep together in the carpenter’s bed.

After the "flood", the carpenter tells people the story of the predicted flood, but Nicholas and Alisoun pretend ignorance, telling everyone that the carpenter is insane. The townspeople laugh, and the Miller merrily asks that God save the company.

Chaucer's Opinion

Chaucer does not polish his characters' flaws. The Miller is described as the scum of society, but he is necessary scum. Chaucer presents us with the facts of life, and whether we may think they are disgusting or unsuitable to be presented to us in such a blunt manner, it us for us to translate the description how we want.
Skipper/Shipman-James Riebe

video    **The Skipper**

The Skipper/Shipman from Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales” is a hardened, haggard character. He has spent his life at sea, working on the ship of a wealthy merchant. He is often drunk on stolen wine from the ship’s hold, and frequently finds himself in physical conflict. He shows every sign of a man who has spent his life at a single trade, and knows the nuances of every component of the ship he handles.

## Section heading

The story of Chaucer's Shipman begins with

**Sources**

* http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/canterbury/characters.html
* http://www.yourdictionary.com/shipman
* http://vcs-canterbury-tales.wikia.com/wiki/The\_Shipman
* http://study.com/academy/lesson/the-skipper-in-the-canterbury-tales-description-character-analysis.html
* https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/c/the-canterbury-tales/summary-and-analysis/the-shipmans-tale
* http://www.librarius.com/canttran/gptrfs.htm
* https://etc.usf.edu/clipart/5900/5921/canterbury\_6.htm
The Man of Law (Canterbury Tales)

Summary- The Man of Law

The Man of Law (lawyer) is someone who is concerned about the law and rules that hold in place the real world. He knows by heart all the lines of the common law. The Man of Law is also a successful lawyer commissioned by the king. He upholds justice in matters large and small and knows every stature of England's law by heart. The Man of Law wants to join the ranks of the nobility.
The Reeve (Canterbury Tales)- Megan

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Oswald, The Reeve, is an old man that is a carpenter by trade, and dislikes The Miller's Tale. His motives tend to be vengeance, and his tale is motivated by his bitterness, of the Miller's tale. The Reeves tale is a satire of the Miller's tale, that is less

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The Plowman by Alex Hampton

Description

The Plowman is a holy and virtuous subject.  The plowman lives a simple life of hard labor.  Plowman are needed to do the dirtiest jobs in the medieval ages, like move cow manure.  He never complains of work and does the most for people's lives.

Appearance of The Plowman, is farmer like, he often wears a tabard and wears a hat.

Chaucer liked the Plowman.

https://www.shmoop.com/canterbury-tales-prologue/the-plowman.html

http://www.medievalists.net/2010/11/the-curse-of-the-plowman/
The Reeve-Xavier

The Reeve

Social Status:Middle class steward responsible for running the everyday affairs of a feudal manor

Dress:Long overcoat of bluish gray, rusty blade

Characteristics:Old, thin, close shaven, legs like sticks, frail

Characters story:The Miller has just told his tale about a carpenter that is tricked. All people find the story amusing except the grumbling Reeve, who takes the story personally as he is a carpenter by trade. The Host urges the Reeve to stop grumbling and sermonizing and start telling a tale. The Reeve obeys and tells a tale about a haughty miller who deceives two students but is deceived in return: the deceiver is deceived.

Symbolism: I think the symbolism is that people in this world will deceive to get ahead but that is not what one should do if they truly want mankind to progress forward.

resources:

https://canterburytalesfourth.wikispaces.com/The+Reeve

http://www.sparknotes.com/nofear/lit/the-canterbury-tales/characters/

http://www.librarius.com/canttran/gptrfs.htm
Geburtstag

**Geburtstag** ist die zweite Episode der ersten Staffel von The Handmaid's Tale - Der Report der Magd.

## Zusammenfassung

Desfred und Desglen tauschen mehr Details über ihre alten Leben aus und entdecken einige Gemeinsamkeiten. Desglen fragt schließlich, ob Desfred sich der Widerstandsbewegung anschließen will. Desfred ist noch unsicher und sie packt die kalte Angst, als sie von Nick erfährt, dass Fred sie am Abend allein in seinem Büro sehen will. In einer unwirklichen Zeremonie wird Janines Tochter geboren.

## Flashbacks

June und Luke haben gerade ihre Tochter zur Welt gebracht, als im Krankenhaus plötzlich das Chaos ausbricht. Eine andere Frau, die ihr Kind kurz zuvor verloren hat, hat das Baby an sich genommen und will fliehen.
The Prioress (by Ryan Bauscher)

## Character Personality

The Prioress, or Madame Eglantine, is often shown to be modest and dainty. She partakes in several habits such as singing through her nose and speaking the French language incorrectly. She is shown to have very strict manners, making sure that no scrap of food would fall to the ground.

The Prioress goes to great lengths in order to seem more dainty than she actually is. For the most part, The Prioress is actually a fairly secular person, and she is in a religious life-style as a means of social advancement. She also does things that were not typical for nuns at the time, such as keeping lap dogs, which she regards higher than most other people, and more fancy and elegant rosary and brooch than many others would have.

## The Prioress's Tale

The Prioress's tale begins in Asia within a community of Jews in a Christian city. A 7-year old boy is brought by his mother to the revered Mary. There the boy teaches himself  'Alma Redemptoris Mater,' a popular Medieval hymn. At first he doesn't understand the hymn, but a classmate tells him it's about the Virgin Mary, so he begins to sing the hymn regularly.

This prompts some of the Jews in the area to gang up and murder the boy. When his mother stumbles upon the body, she discovers that it is still singing 'Alma Redemptoris Mater.' This prompts his community to hunt down and execute the Jews that were responsible for the crime. The body of the child continues to sing until people ask why he is singing. The boy responds that The Virgin Mary had placed a grain in his mouth, and once it is removed, he stops his singing.

## Chaucer's Thoughts

Chaucer's views are very plainly shown with The Prioress and her story. From how the boy acts, it is clear that Chaucer was expressing critique on blind faith. The boy sings the hymn of Mary over and over again without eve truly understanding the meaning or why he should sing it.

In the beginning, it is also shown that Chaucer is harboring some Antisemitism, which is a disdain for the Jews. The Jews are shown as irrational, angered, and they kill the young boy for singing a hymn of a different faith. These views were common at the time 'The Prioress's Tale' was written, and several other stories, including 'The Physician's Tale' had similar themes.

## Sources

“The Prioress's Tale.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 22 Sept. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Prioress's\_Tale.

Shmoop Editorial Team. “The Prioress in The Canterbury Tales: General Prologue & Frame Story.” *Shmoop*, Shmoop University, 11 Nov. 2008, www.shmoop.com/canterbury-tales-prologue/the-prioress.html.
The Man of Law(Canterbury tales)

The Man of Law (lawyer) is someone who is concerned about the law and the rules that holds in place the real world. He knows by heart all the lines of the common law. The Man of Law is also a successful lawyer commissioned by the king, He upholds justice in matters large and small and knows every stature of England's law by heart.
The Friar of the Canterbury Tales

Description:

The Friar of Canterbury Tales is a corrupt religious figure who often abuses his stature as a means of financial and social gain. He has been known to use women in return for marrying them off, and is quick to accept any "help" he is offered. Not a stranger to trickery, the Friar will often make light of the sins of the wealthy in an effort to maintain their acquaintance.j

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The Friar's Tale:

The Friar's Tale begins with an archdeacon who dispatches his Summoner to summon an old widow. The summoner was a very greedy and selfish individual who would swindle those he was sent to summon out of their money in "respect for the church". After attempting to use these same tricks on this widow, he finds that this widow was in fact, a witch who curses him. She offered his body to the devil. The devil hears this, and tells the summoner that he will be in hell today. He then proceeds to drag the summoner down to hell.

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Chaucer's Opinion:

Chaucer has no respect for the Friar at all. He deems the Friar's treacheries and trickery as hellish and cruel. This is very unlike what a Friar should be, and he is depicted in this way as a sort of contrast to characters such as the Knight.

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Sources/Hyperlinks:

##### The Canterbury Tales The Friar's Tale Prologue, Summary, and Analysis

Geoffrey Chaucer-Jordyn -Silas - https://www.gradesaver.com/the-canterbury-tales/study-guide/summary-the-friars-tale

*Chaucer: The Friar's Tale -- An Interlinear Translation*, sites.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/teachslf/frit-par.htm.

“Canterbury Tales English 175 Wiki.” *Canterbury Tales English 175 Wiki | FANDOM Powered by Wikia*, canterbury-tales.wikia.com/wiki/Canterbury\_Tales\_English\_175\_Wiki.
The Host (Canterbury Tales) by Trew Mittleider

## The Host (Canterbury Tales)

The Host, also known as Harry Bailey, is the innkeeper and the tour guide featured in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The Host is in charge of leading a variety of people, ranging from lower to middle to upper class, on a pilgrimage to the relics of Saint Thomas Becket in the Canterbury Cathedral. Through the journey, he shows his qualification for the particular job by efficiently interacting with the vast variety of different pilgrims. For the duration of the pilgrimage, The Host calms tensions among the Pilgrims and finds solutions to disagreements in his tour group.

### Description

   Harry Bailey is cut out to be a leader. In such a diverse group, he knows how to settle arguments. He is a tolerant man, which proves to be of utmost importance when dealing with other characters such as the Wife Of Bath or The Cook.

The Host is described as a jolly fellow, but he possesses a short temper. He is not easily offended, portrayed as an individual who takes to kidding well. Harry Bailey is also known among the group of pilgrims as the peacemaker.

Physically, The Host is described in the tales as manly, striking, and bright eyed.

### Class

The Host belongs to the Trade Class. In Middle England, The Host belonged to the "Elite" because he was an innkeeper.

### Story

The Host, Harry Bailey, does not have his own tale in the Canterbury Tales. However, he is an essential part of all the other Pilgrim's. He is described as a good and fair leader. Several times, the responsibilities of solving squabbles between members of the group falls on his shoulders, and he handles this responsibility well.

As the innkeeper and tour guide, he is a big part of everyone's tales.

### Symbolism

The Host role serves more as a judge of all the tales. He does not have a tale designated to himself, but he does show up in all the other's. This position is to show tolerant judgement of each of the stories.

### Middle English

Middle English is a variation of English spoken until the late 15th century. After the language developed out of Late Old English, many of the grammatical properties had changed.

Canterbury tales is written in Middle English.

### Sources

http://www.librarius.com/cantales.htm

https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/c/the-canterbury-tales/summary-and-analysis/the-prologue

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle\_English

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old\_English
The Prioress- Megan Couch

## The Prioress

   The Prioress is a character in the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. She is a nun who tries to act like the perfect nun, despite her contradictory characteristics.

## Appearance

The Prioress is described having a broad forehead, small lips, and a small nose. She wears very elegant expensive clothing, as well as a string with coral beads that says "Amor Vincint Omnia", "Love Conquers All."

## Prologue

In the prologue she is described a nun that wears expensive clothing despite the fact that most people are starving. She cries when seeing a mouse in a trap but she feeds her dogs roasted flesh. She is well mannered but tries to act dainty despite her broadness.

## Chaucer's Opinion

She was made to be a depiction of the hypocrisy of religious figures at the time. He wants to viewer to see her as hypocritical and shallow. It is also noted that her behaviors were "countrefete." or a sham. She is very anti-Semetic and refuses mercy on those she views as villains.

Sources

1^ https://www.shmoop.com/canterbury-tales-prologue/the-prioress.html

2^http://www.librarius.com/canttran/gptrfs.htm

3^ http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/wickham.htm

1. ↑ https://www.shmoop.com/canterbury-tales-prologue/the-prioress.html
Errettung

**Errettung** ist die zehnte Episode der ersten Staffel von The Handmaid's Tale - Der Report der Magd.

## Zusammenfassung

Es wird brenzlig für June, denn Serena Joy hat von ihren geheimen Ausflügen mit Mr. Waterford erfahren und ist außer sich vor Wut. Bevor sie all ihren Zorn brutal an June auslässt, zwingt sie sie zu einem letzten Schwangerschaftstest und das Ergebnis ist tatsächlich positiv. Während Serena Joy von unendlicher Freude erfüllt ist, steigert sich Junes Verzweiflung nur noch mehr.

Serena Joy erzählt Fred von den Neuigkeiten, allerdings nicht ohne ihm in ihrer Wut zu verraten, dass das Kind von Nick und nicht von ihm ist. Kurz darauf nimmt sie June mit auf einen Ausflug, der in Tränen und wüsten Beschimpfungen endet.

Moira gelingt die Flucht nach Kanada und die Mägde rebellieren, als Tante Lydia mit ihren Forderungen endgültig zu weit geht.
Tanten

**Tanten** sind Frauen in Gilead, die für die Ausbildung und Betreuung der Mägde zuständig sind.

## Aufgaben und Position

* **Ausbildung:** Tanten führen die Zentren, in denen fruchtbare Frauen zu Mägden ausgebildet werden und wo sie leben, wenn sie gerade nicht bei einer Familie untergebracht sind. Sie sind die einzigen Frauen in Gilead, die lesen und schreiben dürfen.
* **Geburten:** Tanten beaufsichtigen außerdem die Geburten und gehen sicher, dass sie Mägde einander dabei unterstützen.
* **Strafvollstreckung:** Es kommt vor, dass Strafen von den Mägden vollstreckt werden müssen - diese Ereignisse werden von den Tanten organisiert.

## Aussehen

Tanten tragen braune, einfache Kleider und einen Gürtel an dem in der Regel ein Taser hängt, mit dem aufmüpfige Mägde bestraft werden können.

## Bekannte Tanten

* Tante Lydia
* Tante Sara
* Tante Helena
* Tante Elizabeth
* Tante Victoria

## Trivia

* Die Autorin des Romans, Margaret Atwood, spielt in der Pilotfolge eine Tante.
The Physician By Erin Daniels

The Summary

The Physician was a middle-class practitioner. He is a well educated doctor who always finds a cure for his patients. He uses the position of the stars and planets to find cures for his patients too. He is very wealthy. Being one of the only physicians of his time, he makes more money than most people. His skill makes him one of the most needed people, therefore making him even richer. Although he is rich, he is careful with his money. He makes sure that his diet stays very clean and inexpensive. His relationship with money is not of the norm. He was a very modest physician.

The Tale

The physician’s tale is about a knight named Virginius and his daughter Virginia. Virginius was wealthy, had friends, and had a good life. Virginia had it all too. She was beautiful and was spiritually pure. While she was in town one day, a judge named Appius laid eyes on her and lusted over her. He made a plan to tell the courts that Virginius kidnapped Virginia and was keeping her hostage. Virginius pleaded his case but the court didn’t believe him. Virginius knows that Appius wants Virginia for his own desire and he tells Virginia that her options are death or dishonor. So Virginia faints, wakes up and prays thanking God that he let her die a virgin. Virginius cuts off her head, and takes it to the court. Appius get hung, and Virginius pleas for a lesser sentence.

Appearance

He was always dressed in royal colors such as purple, violet, or a deep blue. Dark colors such as those were expensive and reserved for the rich in this time period. Because he was rich, he had no problem with fancier clothing.

About Chaucer

Chaucer was born in 1340 in London, England. He was as servant and worked in the British Court during his lifetime. He is best known for his work of the Canterbury Tales. He died on October 24th, 1400 and was the first writer to be buried in the Westminster Abbey's Poet's Corner.

Sources

https://www.biography.com/people/geoffrey-chaucer-9245691

https://www.shmoop.com/canterbury-tales-prologue/the-physician.html

http://www.librarius.com/canttran/gptrfs.htm
Mägde

Die **Handmaids**, in der deutschen Version **Mägde** oder **Dienstmägde** genannt, sind fruchtbare Frauen in Gilead, deren Pflicht es ist, Kinder für ausgewählte Männer zu gebären. Sie werden nach dem Namen des Mannes genannt, June heißt in dem Haus von Fred Waterford *Offred* bzw. *Desfred*.

Die Frauen selbst haben bei der Wahl der Männer, oder der Frage, ob sie überhaupt ein Kind bekommen wollen, kein Mitspracherecht. Wenn eine Magd ein Kind bekommen hat, muss sie es noch eine zeitlang stillen, wird anschließend aber sofort einer neuen Familie zugewiesen.

## Ausbildung

Die Mägde werden in einem sogenannten "Roten Zentrum" ausgebildet. "Ausbildung" bedeutet in diesem Fall Gehirnwäsche und Folter im Fall von Ungehorsam. Für die Ausbildung sind "Tanten" zuständig, in New York angeführt von Tante Lydia, einer gläubigen Extremistin, die Janine bei ihrer ersten Begegnung ein Auge entfernen lässt, weil Janine sich weigert, auf Befehl aufzustehen. Psychischer Terror ist im Roten Zentrum allgegenwärtig, die Frauen sollen systematisch ihr Selbstwertgefühl verlieren.

## Pflichten

* **Hausarbeit:**

Die Mägde müssen die Einkäufe für die Familie erledigen. Sie dürfen allerdings nicht alleine in den Supermarkt gehen, sondern müssen "aus Sicherheitsgründen" stets zu zweit unterwegs sein.

* **Zeremonie:**

An den drei fruchtbaren Tagen im Monat muss sich die Magd gründlich waschen und anschließend im Ehebett der Familie, im Schoß der Ehefrau liegend, Geschlechtsverkehr mit deren Mann haben. Der Mann darf sie dabei weder anfassen noch anschauen, er soll sich dagegen auf seine Frau konzentrieren.

* **Öffentliche Strafen:**

   Regelmäßig werden die Mägde auf einen öffentlichen Platz gerufen, wo ihnen ein Straftäter vorgeführt wird. Meistens handelt es sich um Männer, die sich an Frauen vergangen haben und dafür zum Tode verurteilt wurden. Die Mägde sind nun dafür zuständig, dieses Urteil zu vollstrecken, indem sie sich im Lynchmob auf den Straftäter stürzen und ihn zu Tode schlagen und treten.

## Mägde

* June
* Emily
* Moira
* Janine