Download - Canterbury Tales By: Geoffrey Chaucer
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)