The Kinight, The Wife of Bath, The Pardoner, The Miller, The Prioress, The Monk, The Friar, The Summoner, The Host, The Parson, The Squire, The Clerk, The Man of Law, The Manciple, The Merchant, The Shipman, The Physician, The Franklin, The Reeve, The Plowman, The Guildsmen, The Yeoman, The Second Nun, The Nun's Priest

YOUR TASK:  Write an analysis of a character from The Canterbury Tales that you would like to meet.  In the analysis you will have to examine the character in the prologue, as the story teller, and as a commentary on society during the Middle Ages.  You will be required to use at least 2 secondary sources and 1 primary source (the tale and prologue).

Canterbury Pilgrims image above from Wikimedia Commons

Use the database links below to help you find secondary source material:

Database: Special remarks:   A number of products in this family of databases will have relevant material:  try, for example Advanced Placement Source, MAS Ultra, Lit Ref Ctr (see below) Part of the EBSCOhost bundle and all about literature!   Try limiting your search to "scholarly journals" only, for more relevant results.   Search in Student Resource Center. Follow also the links to Gale Virtual Reference Library for Short Stories for Students.   There will be lots of material here. It's written at a more advanced, scholarly level, but challenge yourself! Search multiple databases simultaneously with this Google-like gateway to SPX's databases. photos K Vesey