Canterbury Tales By: Geoffrey Chaucer

Parker ReadElizabeth Torres

Logan Pfeifer

YEOMAN

Story

• Knights servant • Hunter • Warrior • Trained archer

Speaks & Acts• Loyal • Confident • Educated

Contextual Evidence

• “This Yeowman wore a coat and hood of green.” (Loyal) • “He knew the whole of woodcraft up and down.”

(Confident) • “He was a proper forester…” (Hunter)

How He Looked

• Coat and hood of green• Brown face (“ His head was like a nut, his face was

brown”) • Bow and Arrow • Shield and Sword • Medallion of St. Christopher (“A medal of St.

Christopher he wore of shining silver on his breast”)

Manciple

Story • Buys food for colleges

and law firms • Watches market• Financially stable • Could’ve screwed

someone over

Speaks & Acts • Smart • Schemy • Busy • Well known • Frugal

Contextual Evidence

• “He used to watch the market most precisely.” • “..and show him how to live on what he had Debt Free” • “ His masters- he had more than thirty…”• “…this manciple could wipe their eye..”

How He Dressed

• Well dressed (We’re assuming)