Summoner

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**Hello. I am a very powerful and corrupt tax collector who accepts many bribes. In Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales I was The Summoner. For a living I collect taxes and make people miserable. If anyone is willing to offer me a bribe I can help them out with their tax problems, however, I only do this for very good bribes. If someone becomes too confronting I make sure I have the police with me so they have no way of blaming me. After work I usually go to the local pub and drink until I am very intoxicated. I begin to insult everyone around me for I believe that I am better than everyone else. I am going on this trip to Disney World because my company paid for the whole trip, and it was a mandatory team building exercise. I don’t mind going on the trip, but only because I could meet some powerful people, and hopefully gain a raise or be promoted to a higher rank in my office.**

**Use Textual Evidence to Support ** ||  || Your Modern Character || || The Summoner [641]
 *  || Character in Chaucer’s Prologue
 * Profession and Name:

||  || Corrupt Tax Collecter || Religious |||| Upper Class, Professional Middle-Class (earned a college degree), Skilled middle –class, working class, etc. (you can add your own class if needed) Working class ||
 * Their Class:  || feudal, urban, or religious
 * Physical Description:

<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Face on fire [642] He had carbuncles [643] Narrow eyes [643] Black scabby brows [645] Thin beard [645] Childern were afraid of his appearance [646] Pimples on his cheeks [651] Puss filled sores on him[650] As appealing to the eye as a sparrow [644]

|||| <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Red face Pimples Scruffy eyebrows Children are scared of him Thin beard with beaty little eyes || What kind of person is he/she?
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Description of Personality:

<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Shouts and jabbers [654] Spoke only latin [655] Insulted everyone [656] He was a scoundrel [665] Knows everyones secrets [683] Insecure and avoids all issues or altercations [664]

|||| <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Shouts and jabbers at his fellow employees Insults everyone, but always stays away from potential altercations Raging drunk when he goes home Feels very insecure Uses blackmail || <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Chaucer has a negative view of the character.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Chaucer’s Opinion of the Character: Does he have a positive or negative view of the character? Be careful of his sarcasm!

|||| <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Explain how this modern equivalent would fit the positive or negative view. This modern day person would be perfect for Chaucer’s opinion of The Summoner because he is ugly and insecure. || || <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Statement asserting the characterization: Chaucer goes as far as to calling him a noble varlet. He thinks that the world would be better off without this man because he is so unpleasant. Overall Chaucer thinks The Summoner is just an awful man. |||| <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Justification for why this character is the modern equivalent of Chaucer’s character: The man we are describing is an insecure scoundrel who is unpleasant with everyone who asks for help but if a person becomes too confronting he backs away, and changes the subject.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Statement/Justification:

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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">**__Explore the Other Characters__**:(**Fill in below for THREE characters)** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> Name of the Character 1: Woman of Bath

What you learned about the character: Ugly, dances/ likes music and arts, self centered, and an attention seeker

How would your character react to this character. Explain WHY. He would probably be annoyed because the summoner seems to want the attention as well so they would fight for fame, however, they are very similar.

Name of the Character 2: Pardoner

What you learned about the character:He is obnoxius with his religion and sings alot. He seems to be frightened and small. He is self centered and in it for money possibly.

How would your character react to this character. Explain WHY. I believe the summoner would get along well with this guy and work with him to gain the most profit out of the trip.

Name of the Character 3:Doctor

What you learned about the character: He loves the money he makes, but is very good at his job. He is smart and a very fine speaker.

How would your character react to this character. Explain WHY. Our character would not like this man because he is rich and powerful, even more so then the summoner. For this reason the summoner would hate this man.