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