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where are all the pilgrims are heading?
Canterbury
What are the pilgrims going on?
A pilgrimmage
the noblest of the pilgrims, embodying military prowess, loyalty,honor, generosity, and good manners. He conducts himself polite and mild fashion, never saying an unkind word about other
the knight
this keen seamstress is always first to the offering at mass, and if someone goes ahead of her she gets upset. she wears head coverings to mass that the narrator guesses must weigh ten pounds. She has 5 husbands and has taken 3 pilgrimmages
Wife of Bath
Saint Francis is the prototype for this class of character, ministered specifically to beggars and lepers, the people the character distains. The character neglects his duties and abuses them for his own profit. gives easy penance
friar
What the pilgrimages are competing for by telling stories?
a free meal
How many stories each pilgrim must tell
two
how many pilgrims are there?
22
quite well attired for someone of his station, possibly suggesting a self-conscious attempt to look the part of a forester
yeoman
skillful in his profession, narrator would praise fully were it not for the ulcer on his shin
the cook
redefined her own role, imitating the behavior of a woman of the royal court and supplementing her religious garb with a courtly love motto; love conquers all. the narrator focuses on her table manners in minute detail
prioress
wears a dagger on a cord around his neck, when he is on his ship, he steals wine from the merchant he is transporting while he sleeps
Shipman
