Name That Pilgrim

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Name That Pilgrim

• The Canterbury Tales
• Character Review

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Game Rules

• Pick a Team Captain.
• Pick a pilgrim of the game board.
• Description will be on the screen and three
  choices.
• Your teams job-Give the correct name of the
  pilgrim being described.
• Get it right-earn a point!
• A wrong answer-goes to the next row.

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Name That Pilgrim!
1-5
6-10
11-15
16-20
21-23
Pilgrim 1
Pilgrim 6
Pilgrim 16
Pilgrim 11
Pilgrim 21
Pilgrim 2
Pilgrim 7
Pilgrim 12
Pilgrim 17
Pilgrim 22
Pilgrim 8
Pilgrim 13
Pilgrim 18
Pilgrim 3
Pilgrim 23
Pilgrim 9
Pilgrim 4
Pilgrim 14
Pilgrim 19
Pilgrim 5
Pilgrim 10
Pilgrim 15
Pilgrim 20
Review Info
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Pilgrim One

• ..and he would help the poor for the love of
  Christ and never a penny
• He paid in tithes in full when they were due
• On what he owned, and on his earrings too.
• Plowman, Host, or Physician

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Plowman

• a simple, honest farmer who lived in peace and
  paid his dues to the church.

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Pilgrim Two

• Bold in his speech, yet wise and full of
  tact,/There was no manly attribute he lacked.
• Whats more, he was a merry-hearted man.
• Miller, Host, or Cleric?

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Host

• Accompanies the group and suggests that each
  pilgrim tell four tales, a pair on the way, and a
  pair on the way back. The pilgrim who tells the
  best tale will be treated to dinner by the others
  back at the Tabard Inn.

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Pilgrim Three

• Yet he was rather close as to expenses
• And kept the gold he won in pestilences.
• God stimulated the heart, or so were told
• He therefore had a special love of gold.
• Miller, Physician, or Franklin?

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Physician

• Knows everything about medicine, but seems to
  know little about the Bible. He apparently made a
  ton of money during the plague, but never appears
  to spend any of it.

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Pilgrim Four

• And he was under contract to present
• The accounts, right from his maters earliest
  years.
• No one ever caught him in arrears.
• Miller, Summoner, or Reeve?

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Reeve

• a short-tempered, skinny man who managed an
  estate.

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Pilgrim Five

• A wrangler and buffoon, he had a store
• Of tavern stories, filthy in the main.
• He was a master-hand at stealing grain.
• Miller, Skipper, or Cleric

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Miller

• A thick-shouldered man who could wrestle with the
  best of them. A large wart on his nose only
  served to strengthen his imposing appearance.

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Pilgrim Six

• Garlic he loved, and onions too, and leeks, And
  drinking strong wine till he was hazy.
• The he would should and jabber as if crazy, And
  wouldnt speak a word except in latin
• When he was drunk, such tags as he was pat in.
• Summoner, Skipper, or Franklin?

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Summoner

• An ugly servant of the church court. Though he is
  paid to bring sinners to court, he quickly
  accepts bribes to look the other way. He enjoys
  women of "questionable reputation" and lots of
  wine, occassionally spouting off some Latin after
  indulging himself.

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Pilgrim Seven

• As for his skill in reckoning in tides, Current
  and many another risk besides
• Moons, habours, pilots, he had such dispatch
• That from Hull to carthage none was his match.
• Miller, Cleric, or Skipper?

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Skipper

• A very large man who was at ease on the water.
  Though he knew of every port in the
  Mediterranean, he looked awkward sitting on a
  horse.

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Pilgrim Eight

• His house was never short of bake-meat pies, Of
  fish and flesh, and these in such supplies
• It positively snowed with meat and drink And all
  the dainties that a man could think.
• Reeve, Franklin, or Cleric?

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Franklin

• A smooth talker, who knows a good bargain when he
  sees it. In fact, his slick demeanor helps hide
  the fact that he is really in debt.

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Pilgrim Nine

• ..his horse was thinner than a rake
• And he was not too fat, I undertake, But had a
  hollow look, a sober stare The thread upon his
  overcoat was bare.
• Cleric, Plowman, or Host?

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Cleric

• A very soft-spoken student of the Arts. When he
  did speak, it was with such eloquence that people
  readily listened. He is one of the most admired
  pilgrims.

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Pilgrim Ten

• He knew of every Judgement, case and crime
• Recorded since King Williams time.
• He could dictate defences or draft deeds No one
  could pinch a comma from his screeds,
• And he knew every stateute off by rote.
• Cook, Lawyer, or Friar?

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Lawyer

• A meticulous attorney who could recite seemingly
  any judgement to the letter. His abilities earned
  him high praise among others, although the reader
  gets the sense that their may be more to him than
  meets the eye.

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Pilgrim Eleven

• He knew the taverns well in every town
• And every inkeeper and barmaid too
• Better than lepers, beggers and that crew
• He kept his tippet stuffed with pins for curls,
  And pocket-knives, to give to pretty girls.
• Friar, Manciple, or Lawyer

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Friar

• A bad guy. He is licensed to hear confessions and
  uses his position to beg people for money,
  operating under the assumption that penance works
  better through payment than prayers. He also has
  the reputation of getting girls into "trouble",
  then helping to marry them.

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Pilgrims Twelve

• ..so (he) had set His wits to work, none knew
  he was in debt
• He was so stately in negotiation, Loan, bargain,
  and commercial obligation.
• Merchant, Guild, or Parson

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Merchant

• A smooth talker, who knows a good bargain when he
  sees it. In fact, his slick demeanor helps hide
  the fact that he is really in debt.

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Pilgrim Thirteen

• Their wisdom would have justified a plan
• To make each one an alderman
• They had capital and revenue, Besides their
  wives declared it was their due.
• Merchant, Guild, or Cook?

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Guild

• Chaucer tells us that the guild is an extremely
  vain individual, taking pains to improve his
  appearance. The issue of vanity throughout the
  Canterbury Tales is an interesting one.

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Pilgrim Fourteen

• He stayed at home and watched his fold
• So that no wolf should make the sheep miscarry.
• He was a shepherd and no mercenary.
• Pardoner, Cook, or Parson?

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Parson

• A shining example of what a religious person
  should be. A poor man, he prefers to give what
  money he has to others. Appropriately enough, his
  tale is the final one told.

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Pilgrim Fifteen

• Hed sewed a holy relic in his cap His wallet
  lay before him on his lap
• Brimful of pardons come from Rome all hot. He
  had the same small voice as a goat has got.
• Pardoner, Friar, or Cook?

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Pardoner

• One of the most corrupt of the churchmen, he
  sells pardons for sins to the highest bidder.
  Beardless with a high-pitched voice, he is
  referred to by Chaucer as "a gelding or a mare."

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Pilgrim Sixteen

• In company she liked to laugh and chat
• And knew the remedies of loves mischances, An
  art in which she knew the oldest dances.
• Wife of bath, guild, or nun?

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Wife of Bath

• Married five time over she knew everything there
  was to know about the ways of love. A veteran of
  several pilgrimmages like this one, she appears
  to use these trips to meet guys.

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Pilgrim Seventeen

• ..he was never rash/Whether he bought on credit
  or paid cash.
• He used to watch the market most precisely and
  got in first, and so he did quite nicely.
• Manciple, Pardoner, or Cook

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Manciple

• Worked at a law school, where he was in charge of
  feeding the prospective lawyers. Though not as
  smart as the students, he was a shrewd enough
  buyer to put away some money for himself.

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Pilgrim Eighteen

• But what a pity-so it seemed to me, That he
  should have an ulcer on his knee. As for
  blancmange, he made it with the best.
• Cook, Pardoner, or Friar?

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Cook

• Knew how to prepare the finest food, but the
  oozing sore on his shin looks decidedly similar
  to one of his best dishes, creamed chicken pie.
  Chaucer notes the shame of such matters.

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Pilgrim Nineteen

• And in his hands he bore a mighty bow.
• His head was like a nut, his face was brown, He
  knew the whole of woodcraft up and down.
• Knight, Yeoman, or Nun?

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Yeoman

• An assistant to Knight and Squire. We know very
  little about him, except that he shoots the bow
  and arrow well. The Yeoman does not tell a tale.

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Pilgrim Twenty

• ..a most distinguished man, who from the day on
  which he first began
• To ride abroad had followed chivalry, Truth,
  honour, generousness and courtesy.
• Yeoman, Knight, or Monk?

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Knight

• The reader is given the picture of a Middle
  English nobleman. He has fought in many wars, but
  is careful not to brag about his conquests.
  Clearly, the Knight is the most admired of the
  pilgrims, and not coincidentally, tells his tale
  first.

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Pilgrim Twenty-One

• Her forehead, certainly, was fair of spread
• Almost a span across the brow, I own She was by
  no means undergrown.
• Nun, Wife of bath, or Guild

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Nun

• A character full of contradictions. Though she is
  a nun whose duties should be pledged to God, she
  certainly considers herself a lady first. She
  spoke bad French, ate and dressed very carefully,
  and wore a brooch that said "love conquers all."
  She also cared deeply for animals, bringing
  several along with her on the pilgrimage. Her
  lady-like demeanor would seem to stand in direct
  contrast to the ways of a good Nun.

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Pilgrim Twenty-Two

• He liked a fat swan best, and roasted whole.
• His palfrey was a brown as is a berry.
• Yeoman, Knight, or Monk

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Monk

• An outdoorsmen , the Monk loved to ride horses
  and hunt. He also ate well and dressed in nice
  clothes. He even goes so far as to say that he
  prefers the outdoor life, hardly a statement one
  would expect from one whose profession entails
  sitting inside and copying books.

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Pilgrim Twenty-Three

• Singing he was, or fluting all the day He was
  as fresh as is the month of May.
• Squire, Host, or Guild?

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Squire

• Knights son, long curly hair,  20 yrs.old,
  passionate,ladies man, knight in training, short
  gown w/ embroidered flower

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Need some review help on the Pilgrims?

• All facts found at
• http//webpages.shepherd.edu/maustin/engl208/cante
  rbury.html

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