Nun Prioress
Direct & Indirect Characterization
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Indirect
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Elegant and uppity
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For courtliness she had a special zest (136)
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Meaning she posessed polite, elegant manners; refined behavior
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Sophisticated
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She reached sedately for the meat" (140)
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...Straining to counterfeit a courtly kind of grace (142-143)
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And to seem dignified in all her dealings (145)
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Pleasant & Friendly (142)
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Giving & Sympathetic
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Charitably solicitous (147)
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She was all sentiment and tender heart (154)
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Kind of big
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She was indeed by no means undergrown (160)
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She has a way of being self centered
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She speaks in a dainty French to show her elegance and intelligance
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Flashy
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Has gold and expensive jewelry
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Tries to be a outgoing and a people person
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Seen through being friendl and entertaining
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Chaucer comes across as criticizing her
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Supposed to have a self-less mentality and care only for others
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However, she likes to be the focus of attention
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Also, has along another nun and three priests at her service suring the pilgramage
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Deadly Sins
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Pride, Gluttony, Sloth
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Her actions are done to elevate herself
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She seeks others attention
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More concered about herself than the needs of others