Tale of Canterbury Tale (absent work)*

The Cook's Tale

 

Summary: The cook was a happy man, short, good-looking, a good dancer so much that he was called  Perkin the Reveller also he was full of love and game. He loved to dance, so when the processions arrived he would not go to the shop. At night he reveals himself, chasing women, gambling and thieving. Due to Reveller's  thieving, his master lets him go. Then, Perkin the Reveller meets an accomplice.

 

 Explain the central character of the tale by analyzing five (5) examples of indirect characterization:

 

"he loved the tavern more than the food-shop" Was he a drunk? Tavern a place to drink?

 

 "At every wedding party he would sing and dance" He was sociable with others, and lively.

 

 "no apprentice in the town who could cast a pair of dice more handsomely than Perkin " This demonstrated that perkin was a gambler,

 

 "apprentice that spends all his time with dice, reveling, and chasing women," He attempted to ignore work, but want to go out and have "fun."

"who had a wife who kept a shop for the sake of appearances, and made her living as a prostitute" He had no values or didn't sanctify marriage.

 

The purpose of Chaucer's characters was to demonstrate reputation versus your character. Your personality may be extremely vary from the reputation, or what you're expected to be due to your family or you job title. Which is demonstrated by the cook and other characters such as the nun, the filthy cook and materialistic nun were not as their reputation.