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1. The Fourth Husband

In The Miller's Tale - Nicholas Is A Poor Astronomy Student Who Boards With An Elderly Carpenter - John - And The Carpenter's Tool-young Wife - Alisoun. Nicholas Dupes John And Sleeps With Alisoun Right Under John's Nose - But Absolon - The Foppish Parish Clerk - Gets Nicholas In The End.The Second Nun Is Not Described In The General Prologue - But She Tells A Saint's Life For Her Tale.Pardoners Granted Papal Indulgences - Reprieves From Penance In Exchange For Charitable Donations To The Church. Many Pardoners - Including This One - Collected Profits For Themselves. In Fact - Chaucer's Pardoner Excels In Fraud - Carrying A Bag Full Of Fake Relics - For Example - He Claims To Have The Veil Of The Virgin Mary. The Pardoner Has Long - Greasy - Yellow Hair And Is Beardless. These Characteristics Were Associated With Shiftiness And Gender Ambiguity In Chaucer's Time. The Pardoner Also Has A Gift For Signing And Preaching Whenever He Finds Himself Inside A Church.The Wife Of Bath Says Comparatively Little

2. The Pardoner

In The Miller's Tale - Nicholas Is A Poor Astronomy Student Who Boards With An Elderly Carpenter - John - And The Carpenter's Tool-young Wife - Alisoun. Nicholas Dupes John And Sleeps With Alisoun Right Under John's Nose - But Absolon - The Foppish Parish Clerk - Gets Nicholas In The End.Pardoners Granted Papal Indulgences - Reprieves From Penance In Exchange For Charitable Donations To The Church. Many Pardoners - Including This One - Collected Profits For Themselves. In Fact - Chaucer's Pardoner Excels In Fraud - Carrying A Bag Full Of Fake Relics - For Example - He Claims To Have The Veil Of The Virgin Mary. The Pardoner Has Long - Greasy - Yellow Hair And Is Beardless. These Characteristics Were Associated With Shiftiness And Gender Ambiguity In Chaucer's Time. The Pardoner Also Has A Gift For Signing And Preaching Whenever He Finds Himself Inside A Church.The Wife Of Bath Says Comparatively LittleThe Second Nun Is Not Described In The General Prologue - But She Tells A Saint's Life For Her Tale.

3. The Second Nun

In The Miller's Tale - Nicholas Is A Poor Astronomy Student Who Boards With An Elderly Carpenter - John - And The Carpenter's Tool-young Wife - Alisoun. Nicholas Dupes John And Sleeps With Alisoun Right Under John's Nose - But Absolon - The Foppish Parish Clerk - Gets Nicholas In The End.Pardoners Granted Papal Indulgences - Reprieves From Penance In Exchange For Charitable Donations To The Church. Many Pardoners - Including This One - Collected Profits For Themselves. In Fact - Chaucer's Pardoner Excels In Fraud - Carrying A Bag Full Of Fake Relics - For Example - He Claims To Have The Veil Of The Virgin Mary. The Pardoner Has Long - Greasy - Yellow Hair And Is Beardless. These Characteristics Were Associated With Shiftiness And Gender Ambiguity In Chaucer's Time. The Pardoner Also Has A Gift For Signing And Preaching Whenever He Finds Himself Inside A Church.The Wife Of Bath Says Comparatively LittleThe Second Nun Is Not Described In The General Prologue - But She Tells A Saint's Life For Her Tale.

4. Nicholas

In The Miller's Tale - Nicholas Is A Poor Astronomy Student Who Boards With An Elderly Carpenter - John - And The Carpenter's Tool-young Wife - Alisoun. Nicholas Dupes John And Sleeps With Alisoun Right Under John's Nose - But Absolon - The Foppish Parish Clerk - Gets Nicholas In The End.The Second Nun Is Not Described In The General Prologue - But She Tells A Saint's Life For Her Tale.The Wife Of Bath Says Comparatively LittlePardoners Granted Papal Indulgences - Reprieves From Penance In Exchange For Charitable Donations To The Church. Many Pardoners - Including This One - Collected Profits For Themselves. In Fact - Chaucer's Pardoner Excels In Fraud - Carrying A Bag Full Of Fake Relics - For Example - He Claims To Have The Veil Of The Virgin Mary. The Pardoner Has Long - Greasy - Yellow Hair And Is Beardless. These Characteristics Were Associated With Shiftiness And Gender Ambiguity In Chaucer's Time. The Pardoner Also Has A Gift For Signing And Preaching Whenever He Finds Himself Inside A Church.

5. The Three Rioters

These Are The Three Protagonists Of The Pardoner's Tale. All Three Indulge In A Represent The Vices Against Which The Pardoner Has Railed In His Prologue: Gluttony - Drunkeness - Gambling - And Swearing. These Traits Define The Three And Eventually Lead To Their Downfall. The Rioters At First Appear Like Personified Vices - But It Is Their Belief That A Personified Concept - In This Case - Death - Is A Real Person That Becomes The Root Cause Of Their Undoing.Pardoners Granted Papal Indulgences - Reprieves From Penance In Exchange For Charitable Donations To The Church. Many Pardoners - Including This One - Collected Profits For Themselves. In Fact - Chaucer's Pardoner Excels In Fraud - Carrying A Bag Full Of Fake Relics - For Example - He Claims To Have The Veil Of The Virgin Mary. The Pardoner Has Long - Greasy - Yellow Hair And Is Beardless. These Characteristics Were Associated With Shiftiness And Gender Ambiguity In Chaucer's Time. The Pardoner Also Has A Gift For Signing And Preaching Whenever He Finds Himself Inside A Church.The Second Nun Is Not Described In The General Prologue - But She Tells A Saint's Life For Her Tale.The Wife Of Bath Says Comparatively Little

6. The Host

The Wife Of Bath Says Comparatively LittlePardoners Granted Papal Indulgences - Reprieves From Penance In Exchange For Charitable Donations To The Church. Many Pardoners - Including This One - Collected Profits For Themselves. In Fact - Chaucer's Pardoner Excels In Fraud - Carrying A Bag Full Of Fake Relics - For Example - He Claims To Have The Veil Of The Virgin Mary. The Pardoner Has Long - Greasy - Yellow Hair And Is Beardless. These Characteristics Were Associated With Shiftiness And Gender Ambiguity In Chaucer's Time. The Pardoner Also Has A Gift For Signing And Preaching Whenever He Finds Himself Inside A Church.The Second Nun Is Not Described In The General Prologue - But She Tells A Saint's Life For Her Tale.The Leader Of The Group - The Host Is Large - Loud - And Merry - Although He Possesses A Quick Temper. He Mediates Among The Pilgrims And Facilitates The Flow Of The Tales. His Title Of "Host" May Be A Pun - Suggesting Both An Innkeeper And The Eucharist - Or Holy Host.

7. The Shipman

Pardoners Granted Papal Indulgences - Reprieves From Penance In Exchange For Charitable Donations To The Church. Many Pardoners - Including This One - Collected Profits For Themselves. In Fact - Chaucer's Pardoner Excels In Fraud - Carrying A Bag Full Of Fake Relics - For Example - He Claims To Have The Veil Of The Virgin Mary. The Pardoner Has Long - Greasy - Yellow Hair And Is Beardless. These Characteristics Were Associated With Shiftiness And Gender Ambiguity In Chaucer's Time. The Pardoner Also Has A Gift For Signing And Preaching Whenever He Finds Himself Inside A Church.The Second Nun Is Not Described In The General Prologue - But She Tells A Saint's Life For Her Tale.The Wife Of Bath Says Comparatively LittleBrown - Skinned From Years Of Sailing - The Shipman Has Seen Every Bay And River In England - And Exotic Ports In Spain And Carthage As Well. He Is A Bit Of A Rascal; Known For Stealing Wine While The Ship's Captain Sleeps.

8. The Friar

The Wife Of Bath Says Comparatively LittleThe Second Nun Is Not Described In The General Prologue - But She Tells A Saint's Life For Her Tale.Roaming Priests With No Ties To A Monastery - Friars Were A Great Object Of Criticism In Chaucer's Time. Always Ready To Befriend Young Women Or Rich Men Who Might Need His Services - The Friar Actively Administers The Sacraments In His Town - Especially Those Of Marriage And Confession. However - Chaucer's Worldly Friar Has Taken To Accepting Bribes.Pardoners Granted Papal Indulgences - Reprieves From Penance In Exchange For Charitable Donations To The Church. Many Pardoners - Including This One - Collected Profits For Themselves. In Fact - Chaucer's Pardoner Excels In Fraud - Carrying A Bag Full Of Fake Relics - For Example - He Claims To Have The Veil Of The Virgin Mary. The Pardoner Has Long - Greasy - Yellow Hair And Is Beardless. These Characteristics Were Associated With Shiftiness And Gender Ambiguity In Chaucer's Time. The Pardoner Also Has A Gift For Signing And Preaching Whenever He Finds Himself Inside A Church.

9. The Wife Of Bath

Bath Is An English Town On The Avon River - Not The Name Of This Woman's Husband. Though She Is Seamstress By Occupation - She Seems To Be A Professional Wife. She Has Been Married Five Times And Had Many Other Affairs In Her Youth - Making Her Well Practiced In The Art Of Love. She Presents Herself As Someone Who Loves Marriage And Sex - But - From What We See Of Her - She Also Takes Pleasure In Rich Attire - Talking - And Arguing. She Is Deaf In One Ear And Has A Gap Between Her Front Teeth - Which Was Considered Attractive In Chaucer's Time. She Has Traveled On Pilgrimages To Jerusalem Three Times And Elsewhere In Europe As Well.The Wife Of Bath Says Comparatively LittleThe Second Nun Is Not Described In The General Prologue - But She Tells A Saint's Life For Her Tale.Pardoners Granted Papal Indulgences - Reprieves From Penance In Exchange For Charitable Donations To The Church. Many Pardoners - Including This One - Collected Profits For Themselves. In Fact - Chaucer's Pardoner Excels In Fraud - Carrying A Bag Full Of Fake Relics - For Example - He Claims To Have The Veil Of The Virgin Mary. The Pardoner Has Long - Greasy - Yellow Hair And Is Beardless. These Characteristics Were Associated With Shiftiness And Gender Ambiguity In Chaucer's Time. The Pardoner Also Has A Gift For Signing And Preaching Whenever He Finds Himself Inside A Church.

10. The Old Woman

The Wife Of Bath Says Comparatively LittleThe Second Nun Is Not Described In The General Prologue - But She Tells A Saint's Life For Her Tale.The Old Woman Supplies The Young Knight With The Answer To His Question - In Exchange For His Promise To Do Whatever She Wants. When She Tells Him He Must Marry Her - The Knight Begrudgingly Agrees - And When He Allows Her To Choose Whether She Would Like To Be Beautiful And Unfaithful Or Ugly And Faithful - She Rewards Him By Becoming Both Beautiful And Faithful.Pardoners Granted Papal Indulgences - Reprieves From Penance In Exchange For Charitable Donations To The Church. Many Pardoners - Including This One - Collected Profits For Themselves. In Fact - Chaucer's Pardoner Excels In Fraud - Carrying A Bag Full Of Fake Relics - For Example - He Claims To Have The Veil Of The Virgin Mary. The Pardoner Has Long - Greasy - Yellow Hair And Is Beardless. These Characteristics Were Associated With Shiftiness And Gender Ambiguity In Chaucer's Time. The Pardoner Also Has A Gift For Signing And Preaching Whenever He Finds Himself Inside A Church.

11. Alisoun

The Second Nun Is Not Described In The General Prologue - But She Tells A Saint's Life For Her Tale.Alisoun Is The Sexy Young Woman Married To The Carpenter In The Miller's Tale. She Is Bright And Sweet Like A Small Bird - And Dresses In A Tantalizing Style - Her Clothes Are Embroidered Inside And Outside - And She Laces Her Boots High. She Willingly Goes To Bed With Nicholas - But She Has Only Harsh Words And Obscenities For Absolon.Pardoners Granted Papal Indulgences - Reprieves From Penance In Exchange For Charitable Donations To The Church. Many Pardoners - Including This One - Collected Profits For Themselves. In Fact - Chaucer's Pardoner Excels In Fraud - Carrying A Bag Full Of Fake Relics - For Example - He Claims To Have The Veil Of The Virgin Mary. The Pardoner Has Long - Greasy - Yellow Hair And Is Beardless. These Characteristics Were Associated With Shiftiness And Gender Ambiguity In Chaucer's Time. The Pardoner Also Has A Gift For Signing And Preaching Whenever He Finds Himself Inside A Church.The Wife Of Bath Says Comparatively Little

12. The Old Man

In The Pardoner's Tale - The Three Rioters Encounter A Very Old Man Whose Body Is Completely Covered Except For His Face. Before The Old Man Tells The Rioters Where They Can Find "Death - " One Of The Rioters Rashly Demands Why The Old Man Is Still Alive. The Old Man Answers That He Is Doomed To Walk The Earth For Eternity. He Has Been Interpreted As Death Itself - Or As Cain - Punished For Fratricide By Walking The Earth Forever; Or As The Wandering Jew - A Man Who Refused To Let Christ Rest At His House When Christ Proceeded To His Crucifixion - And Who Was Therefore Doomed To Roam The World - Through The Ages - Never Finding Rest.The Second Nun Is Not Described In The General Prologue - But She Tells A Saint's Life For Her Tale.Pardoners Granted Papal Indulgences - Reprieves From Penance In Exchange For Charitable Donations To The Church. Many Pardoners - Including This One - Collected Profits For Themselves. In Fact - Chaucer's Pardoner Excels In Fraud - Carrying A Bag Full Of Fake Relics - For Example - He Claims To Have The Veil Of The Virgin Mary. The Pardoner Has Long - Greasy - Yellow Hair And Is Beardless. These Characteristics Were Associated With Shiftiness And Gender Ambiguity In Chaucer's Time. The Pardoner Also Has A Gift For Signing And Preaching Whenever He Finds Himself Inside A Church.The Wife Of Bath Says Comparatively Little

13. Jankyn

The Second Nun Is Not Described In The General Prologue - But She Tells A Saint's Life For Her Tale.Pardoners Granted Papal Indulgences - Reprieves From Penance In Exchange For Charitable Donations To The Church. Many Pardoners - Including This One - Collected Profits For Themselves. In Fact - Chaucer's Pardoner Excels In Fraud - Carrying A Bag Full Of Fake Relics - For Example - He Claims To Have The Veil Of The Virgin Mary. The Pardoner Has Long - Greasy - Yellow Hair And Is Beardless. These Characteristics Were Associated With Shiftiness And Gender Ambiguity In Chaucer's Time. The Pardoner Also Has A Gift For Signing And Preaching Whenever He Finds Himself Inside A Church.The Wife Of Bath's Fifth Husband - Jankyn - Was A Twenty-year-old Former Student - With Whom The Wife Was Madly In Love. His Stories Of Wicked Wives Frustrated Her So Much That One Night She Ripped A Page Out Of His Book - Only To Receive A Deafening Smack On Her Ear In Return.The Wife Of Bath Says Comparatively Little

14. Arcite

Pardoners Granted Papal Indulgences - Reprieves From Penance In Exchange For Charitable Donations To The Church. Many Pardoners - Including This One - Collected Profits For Themselves. In Fact - Chaucer's Pardoner Excels In Fraud - Carrying A Bag Full Of Fake Relics - For Example - He Claims To Have The Veil Of The Virgin Mary. The Pardoner Has Long - Greasy - Yellow Hair And Is Beardless. These Characteristics Were Associated With Shiftiness And Gender Ambiguity In Chaucer's Time. The Pardoner Also Has A Gift For Signing And Preaching Whenever He Finds Himself Inside A Church.The Sworn Brother To Palamon - Arcite - Imprisoned With Palamon In The Tower Inn The Knight's Tale - Falls Equally Head Over Heels In Love With Emelye. He Gets Released From The Tower Early And Wins Emelye's Hand In A Tournament - But Then Dies When A Divinely Fated Earthquake Causes His Horse To Throw Him.The Wife Of Bath Says Comparatively LittleThe Second Nun Is Not Described In The General Prologue - But She Tells A Saint's Life For Her Tale.

15. The Yeoman

The Servant Who Accompanies The Knight And The Squire. The Narrator Mentions That His Dress And Weapons Suggest He May Be A Forester.Pardoners Granted Papal Indulgences - Reprieves From Penance In Exchange For Charitable Donations To The Church. Many Pardoners - Including This One - Collected Profits For Themselves. In Fact - Chaucer's Pardoner Excels In Fraud - Carrying A Bag Full Of Fake Relics - For Example - He Claims To Have The Veil Of The Virgin Mary. The Pardoner Has Long - Greasy - Yellow Hair And Is Beardless. These Characteristics Were Associated With Shiftiness And Gender Ambiguity In Chaucer's Time. The Pardoner Also Has A Gift For Signing And Preaching Whenever He Finds Himself Inside A Church.The Second Nun Is Not Described In The General Prologue - But She Tells A Saint's Life For Her Tale.The Wife Of Bath Says Comparatively Little

16. Palamon

Pardoners Granted Papal Indulgences - Reprieves From Penance In Exchange For Charitable Donations To The Church. Many Pardoners - Including This One - Collected Profits For Themselves. In Fact - Chaucer's Pardoner Excels In Fraud - Carrying A Bag Full Of Fake Relics - For Example - He Claims To Have The Veil Of The Virgin Mary. The Pardoner Has Long - Greasy - Yellow Hair And Is Beardless. These Characteristics Were Associated With Shiftiness And Gender Ambiguity In Chaucer's Time. The Pardoner Also Has A Gift For Signing And Preaching Whenever He Finds Himself Inside A Church.The Wife Of Bath Says Comparatively LittleThe Second Nun Is Not Described In The General Prologue - But She Tells A Saint's Life For Her Tale.Palamon Is One Of The Two Imprisoned Theban Soldier Heroes In The Knight's Tale. Brave - Strong - And Sworn To Everlasting Friendshp With His Cousin Arcite - Palamon Falls In Love With The Fair Maiden Emelye - Which Brings Him Into Conflict With Arcite. Though He Loses The Tournament Against Arcite - He Gets Emelye In The End.

17. The Miller's Tale

The Wife Of Bath Says Comparatively LittleThe Second Nun Is Not Described In The General Prologue - But She Tells A Saint's Life For Her Tale.The Story Of A Carpenter - His Lovely Wife - And Two Clerks (Students) Who Are Eager To Sleep With Her.Pardoners Granted Papal Indulgences - Reprieves From Penance In Exchange For Charitable Donations To The Church. Many Pardoners - Including This One - Collected Profits For Themselves. In Fact - Chaucer's Pardoner Excels In Fraud - Carrying A Bag Full Of Fake Relics - For Example - He Claims To Have The Veil Of The Virgin Mary. The Pardoner Has Long - Greasy - Yellow Hair And Is Beardless. These Characteristics Were Associated With Shiftiness And Gender Ambiguity In Chaucer's Time. The Pardoner Also Has A Gift For Signing And Preaching Whenever He Finds Himself Inside A Church.

18. Absolon

The Local Parish Clerk In The Miller's Tale - Absolonn Is A Little Bit Foolish And More Than A Little Bit Vain. He Wears Red Stockings Underneath His Floor - Length Church Gown - And His Leather Shoes Are Decorated Like The Fanciful Stained-glass Windows In A Cathedral. He Curls His Hair - Uses Breath Fresheners - And Fancies Alisoun.The Second Nun Is Not Described In The General Prologue - But She Tells A Saint's Life For Her Tale.The Wife Of Bath Says Comparatively LittlePardoners Granted Papal Indulgences - Reprieves From Penance In Exchange For Charitable Donations To The Church. Many Pardoners - Including This One - Collected Profits For Themselves. In Fact - Chaucer's Pardoner Excels In Fraud - Carrying A Bag Full Of Fake Relics - For Example - He Claims To Have The Veil Of The Virgin Mary. The Pardoner Has Long - Greasy - Yellow Hair And Is Beardless. These Characteristics Were Associated With Shiftiness And Gender Ambiguity In Chaucer's Time. The Pardoner Also Has A Gift For Signing And Preaching Whenever He Finds Himself Inside A Church.

19. Arthur's Queen

Arthur's Queen - Presumably Guinevere - Is Interesting Because She Wields Most Of The Power. When Arthur's Knight Rapes A Maiden - He Turns The Knight Over To His Queen Allows Her To Decide What To Do With Him.Pardoners Granted Papal Indulgences - Reprieves From Penance In Exchange For Charitable Donations To The Church. Many Pardoners - Including This One - Collected Profits For Themselves. In Fact - Chaucer's Pardoner Excels In Fraud - Carrying A Bag Full Of Fake Relics - For Example - He Claims To Have The Veil Of The Virgin Mary. The Pardoner Has Long - Greasy - Yellow Hair And Is Beardless. These Characteristics Were Associated With Shiftiness And Gender Ambiguity In Chaucer's Time. The Pardoner Also Has A Gift For Signing And Preaching Whenever He Finds Himself Inside A Church.The Wife Of Bath Says Comparatively LittleThe Second Nun Is Not Described In The General Prologue - But She Tells A Saint's Life For Her Tale.

20. Theseus

The Wife Of Bath Says Comparatively LittleA Great Conqueror And The Duke Of Athens In The Knight's Tale. The Most Powerful Ruler In The Story - He Is Often Called Upon To Make The Final Judgement - But He Listens To Others' Pleas For Help.Pardoners Granted Papal Indulgences - Reprieves From Penance In Exchange For Charitable Donations To The Church. Many Pardoners - Including This One - Collected Profits For Themselves. In Fact - Chaucer's Pardoner Excels In Fraud - Carrying A Bag Full Of Fake Relics - For Example - He Claims To Have The Veil Of The Virgin Mary. The Pardoner Has Long - Greasy - Yellow Hair And Is Beardless. These Characteristics Were Associated With Shiftiness And Gender Ambiguity In Chaucer's Time. The Pardoner Also Has A Gift For Signing And Preaching Whenever He Finds Himself Inside A Church.The Second Nun Is Not Described In The General Prologue - But She Tells A Saint's Life For Her Tale.

21. The Pardoner's Tale

The Wife Of Bath Says Comparatively LittleThe Second Nun Is Not Described In The General Prologue - But She Tells A Saint's Life For Her Tale.The Pardoner Is Dishonest. The Pardoner Often Preaches About How Money Is The Root Of All Evil. Pardoners Sold Pardons - Official Documents From Rome That Pardoned A Person's Sins.Pardoners Granted Papal Indulgences - Reprieves From Penance In Exchange For Charitable Donations To The Church. Many Pardoners - Including This One - Collected Profits For Themselves. In Fact - Chaucer's Pardoner Excels In Fraud - Carrying A Bag Full Of Fake Relics - For Example - He Claims To Have The Veil Of The Virgin Mary. The Pardoner Has Long - Greasy - Yellow Hair And Is Beardless. These Characteristics Were Associated With Shiftiness And Gender Ambiguity In Chaucer's Time. The Pardoner Also Has A Gift For Signing And Preaching Whenever He Finds Himself Inside A Church.

22. Emelye

The Second Nun Is Not Described In The General Prologue - But She Tells A Saint's Life For Her Tale.The Wife Of Bath Says Comparatively LittleEmelye Is The Sister To Hippolyte - Theseus's Domesticated Amazon Queen In The Knight's Tale. Fair-haired And Flowing - We First See Emelye As Palamon Does - Through A Window. Although She Is The Object Of Both Palamon's And Arcite's Desire - She Would Rather Spend Her Life Unmarried And Childless. Nevertheless - When Arcite Wins The Tournament - She Readily Pledges Herself To Him.Pardoners Granted Papal Indulgences - Reprieves From Penance In Exchange For Charitable Donations To The Church. Many Pardoners - Including This One - Collected Profits For Themselves. In Fact - Chaucer's Pardoner Excels In Fraud - Carrying A Bag Full Of Fake Relics - For Example - He Claims To Have The Veil Of The Virgin Mary. The Pardoner Has Long - Greasy - Yellow Hair And Is Beardless. These Characteristics Were Associated With Shiftiness And Gender Ambiguity In Chaucer's Time. The Pardoner Also Has A Gift For Signing And Preaching Whenever He Finds Himself Inside A Church.

23. Pertelote

Chanticleer's Favorite Wife In The Nun's Priest's Tale. She Is His Equal In Looks Manners - And Talent. When Chanticleer Dreams Of The Fox - He Awakens Her In The Middle Of The Night - Begging For An Interpretation - But Pertelote Will Have None Of It - Calling Him Foolish. When The Fox Takes Him Away - She Mourns Him In Classical Greek Fashion - Burning Herself And Wailing.The Wife Of Bath Says Comparatively LittlePardoners Granted Papal Indulgences - Reprieves From Penance In Exchange For Charitable Donations To The Church. Many Pardoners - Including This One - Collected Profits For Themselves. In Fact - Chaucer's Pardoner Excels In Fraud - Carrying A Bag Full Of Fake Relics - For Example - He Claims To Have The Veil Of The Virgin Mary. The Pardoner Has Long - Greasy - Yellow Hair And Is Beardless. These Characteristics Were Associated With Shiftiness And Gender Ambiguity In Chaucer's Time. The Pardoner Also Has A Gift For Signing And Preaching Whenever He Finds Himself Inside A Church.The Second Nun Is Not Described In The General Prologue - But She Tells A Saint's Life For Her Tale.

24. The Man Of Law

The Wife Of Bath Says Comparatively LittleThe Second Nun Is Not Described In The General Prologue - But She Tells A Saint's Life For Her Tale.Pardoners Granted Papal Indulgences - Reprieves From Penance In Exchange For Charitable Donations To The Church. Many Pardoners - Including This One - Collected Profits For Themselves. In Fact - Chaucer's Pardoner Excels In Fraud - Carrying A Bag Full Of Fake Relics - For Example - He Claims To Have The Veil Of The Virgin Mary. The Pardoner Has Long - Greasy - Yellow Hair And Is Beardless. These Characteristics Were Associated With Shiftiness And Gender Ambiguity In Chaucer's Time. The Pardoner Also Has A Gift For Signing And Preaching Whenever He Finds Himself Inside A Church.A Successful Lawyer Commissioned By The King. He Upholds Justice In Matters Large And Small And Knows Every Statute Of England's Law By Heart.

25. The Parson

The Second Nun Is Not Described In The General Prologue - But She Tells A Saint's Life For Her Tale.The Wife Of Bath Says Comparatively LittlePardoners Granted Papal Indulgences - Reprieves From Penance In Exchange For Charitable Donations To The Church. Many Pardoners - Including This One - Collected Profits For Themselves. In Fact - Chaucer's Pardoner Excels In Fraud - Carrying A Bag Full Of Fake Relics - For Example - He Claims To Have The Veil Of The Virgin Mary. The Pardoner Has Long - Greasy - Yellow Hair And Is Beardless. These Characteristics Were Associated With Shiftiness And Gender Ambiguity In Chaucer's Time. The Pardoner Also Has A Gift For Signing And Preaching Whenever He Finds Himself Inside A Church.The Only Devout Churchman In The Company - The Parson Lives In Poverty - But Is Rich In Holy Thoughts And Deeds. The Pastor Of A Sizable Town - He Preaches The Gospel And Makes Sure To Practice What He Preaches. He Is Everything That The Monk - The Friar - And The Pardoner Are Not.

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