Part one of term paper
The pilgrims that are depicted by Chaucer, in The Canterbury Tales, represent a wide spectrum of society during the late-medieval time period. Chaucer brings his characters to life by using two different methods. In the case of the Squire, Chaucer himself describes the Squire's physical appearance and personality in an effective manner bri ...

Part two of term paper
... believable. Chaucer portrays the Wife of Bath in the General Prologue as a stereotypical ordinary woman for that day in age. He only gives a brief description of physical appearance and a possible glimmer of a strong minded female. "In making cloth she showed so great a bent / She bettered those of Ypres and of Ghent. /… Bold was her face, handsome, and red in hue. / A worthy woman all her life…(31)" These passages depict a woman who has a normal physical appearance and who is good at makin ...