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The Host “The Prologue” in The Canterbury Tales
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE Striking Bright eyes Wide girth Manly ACTIONS Served good food and drink Jokes Proposed the contest Leads the pilgrims Challenge & Judge Personality Traits/Characteristics Intelligent Curious Wise Tactful Merry hearted Happy Kind Confident Courteous Bold of speech Chaucer respects the host, considers him to be a good person, and indicates that he is a leader of men. “Bold in his speech, yet wise and full of tact, There was no manly attribute he lacked.” (direct and indirect characterization) Lines “His eyes were bright, His girth a little wide.; There is no finer burgess in Cheapside.” lines (direct characterization)
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