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Chaucer used direct characterization of the Oxford Cleric to give me an idea of what he was like and his features. One description of him was "he was not too fat, I undertake, but had a hollow look, a sober stare." And then he goes on to say how "Whatever money he took from his friends, he spent on learning or another book, and prayed for them most earnestly, returning thanks to them thus for paying for his learnings."

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Chaucer uses direct characterization which helped to give an idea on what the character is like, my character "The Pardoner" was supposed to be part of the church, yet he lied. Not only did he lie, he also stole money from people, he would go around to different places and tell a story, - story in which they would give him there money to forgive there sins. "Approved papers" they were not. The only thing they were approved by was for his wallet.

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Chaucer uses direct characterization for the monk to describe his contradictory way of life. For example, a monk typically lives rather plainly, and stays strict to his religious code. However the monk in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales lives lavishly and prefers to hunt wild game on his spare

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Chancery uses direct characterization by describing what they did on a day to day basis. Ithe said that the Monk liked to go hunting and that he loved eating whole roasted swan. The life of a monk wasn't usually like this. Monks usually ate like rice and stayed inside studying and meditating. Monks thought of nature to be protected and there he is killing animals.

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Chaucer makes sure to describe what the character looks like in detail and how the character thinks. He explains their everyday life and the tasks they carry out so you can see  what the character was really like

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Chaucer uses direct characterization to give ideas of certain characters. My character was The Wife of Bath and Chaucer said she wore "red stockings" to show she wanted to stand out to people and said that she was rich because she wore expensive cloths and showed them off.

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Chaucer uses direct characterization by telling us exactly what they look like and giving us background info to help us understand them more

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He explains that the way the person looks, how he acts, and his characterization. He shows what the character does, and what it's like.

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Chaucer gave me that he sings for money an lies to people about the stuff he sells and what he uses the money when im reality he keeps it for himself . My character was the pardner.

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What Chaucer uses to give direct characterization to give you an idea of what your character is like, by describing them by their physical appearance, but also by talking about how they behave and come off from telling their stories that they enter to him, even if they are completely different from what he is seeing from his perspective. Like for example my character was 'The Parson, he described him as this man with a deep love and devotion for God. Also describing that even though he isn't rich in money, he feels like to be the richest man of all by showing and helping those poor then him with the help of God and his Church.

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Chaucer uses characterization to give me an idea of what he looks like by describing in shear detail, he says the oxford cleric is a thin man with a serious face. He has money but he barely spends it on him or his horse, instead he spends it all on books to further his education

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How Chaucer uses direct characterization to give us an idea of what our character is like is by explaining the color of his garments "In blood red garments, slashed with bluish gray..." (Line 179). And at the beginning he tells us that he wears a horoscope (Line 156) to show thadt he is a doctor, we'll sort of.

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Chaucer does a great job using direct characterisation to give an idea what my character looks like by saying her mouth was very small and her forehead was fair of spread almost a span across the brows.

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Chaucer gives a good idea of what our character is like by given very specific details about the persons life and describing her. About the prioress, he says that she is French and has a big forehead

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Agenda
-Discuss Chaucer and how he characterizes the storytellers through the Prologue
-Make groups and begin work on individual character presentations from the Prologue