•15. village parson:
•Pure of conscience and true to the teachings of Christ.
•Hates those who cannot pay their tithes.
•Kind to sinners too and prefers to teach them by example.
•Accompanied by his brother- plowman who works hard, loves god and pays his tithes on time.
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•16. red haired miller:
•Loves crude, bawdy jokes and drinking.
•Immensely stout and strong, able to lift doors off their hinges.
•He has a wart on his nose with bright red hair sticking out of it
•He wears a sword and buckler and loves to joke around and tell dirty stories.
•17. the manciple:
•Although uneducated, smarter than most of the lawyers he serves.
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•18. the reeve:
•Has short hair that he reminds the narrator of a priest.
•He is a good carpenter and always rides behind everyone else.
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•19. the summoner:
•When drunk, he speaks some Latin phrases that he knows.
•His face is bright red from an unspecified disease.
•Uses his power corruptly for his own gain.
•Dominates young women in his jurisdiction and just for an exchange for a quart of wine, he would let another man sleep with his girlfriend for a year and pardon the man completely.
•20. the pardoner:
•Rides with the summoner.
•Has long, flowing yellow hair.
•The narrator mentions that the pardoner thinks that he rides very fashionably with nothing covering his head.
•The narrator comes his high voice to that of a goat and says that he might have been a homosexual.
•He is a good preacher, storyteller, and singer.
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•21. The Nun's Priest
•The priest of the church who accompanies the nuns so that they may offer up their confessions.
•22. The Second Nun A very devout nun who, because she believes that idleness leads to sin, begins her story immediately.
•THE HOST
•The owner of the Tabard Inn, who volunteers to travel with the pilgrims. He promises to keep everyone happy, be their guide and arbiter in disputes, and judge the tales.
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