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What does your character do for a living?
 * ‍ ****‍ ****‍‍‍Part One: Research Questions **

What does the need for this occupation tell us about the time period?

What was his or her social standing? In other words, where are they on the social hierarchy? Are they a peasant, a member of the Church, a member of the Court?

What might your character’s day to day life be like?

What details about this character does Chaucer not include?

What modern day occupation might correspond to your medieval character and why? 1. Paraphrase each line of the prologue describing your character. In other words, rewrite the character description into modern language.
 * Part Two: Text Examination **

2. Which lines in the prologue best describe your character’s physical appearance?

3. Which lines describe his/her personality?


 * Part Three: Analysis **

1. What is Chaucer’s opinion toward this character?

2. What specific lines or words tell you this?

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Include a web 2.0 visual representation of your character.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Part Four: Visual Representation **

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">This can be a GOOD video you find on youtube, an animoto video you create yourself, or even a slide show. In other words, you need more than just one or two random pictures.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">You can embed your visual representation by using the Widget button at the top of your edit page.