The Character Sketch of The Wife of Bath, The Parson and The Pardoner

 The Character Sketch of The Wife of Bath:

The Wife of Bath is one of Chaucer's most famous characters. She was a good house - wife who came from a place close to Bath.  She was somewhat deaf.  She was such an expert in weaving cloth that she excelled.  The workmen of the Flemish town of Ypres and Gaunt.  In the whole Parish, there was no woman who dared to go o the collection - box in the church before this Wife of Bath.  If any woman dared to do so, the Wife of Bath certainly became so angry that she lost all pity or consideration.

 

The Wife of Bath's kerchiefs were finely woven.  The kerchiefs she wore on her head on a Sunday must have been ten pounds in weight.  The colour of her stockings was a fine scarlet red, and they were tightly tied.  Her shoes were very soft and new.  Her face was bold and fair, red in complexion.  She was worthy woman throughout her life.  She had married five husbands at the church door, besides other lovers she had in her youth.

The Wife of Bath had a lot of experience of travelling.  She had been to Jerusalem thrice.  She had crossed many oceans to go to foreign lands.  She was gap - toothed.  She sat upon an ambling horse with ease, neatly veiled.  On her head she had a hat which was as wide as a buckler or a shield.  About er large hips she wore an outer skirt, and on her feet she wore a pair of sharp spurs.  In company she could laugh and joke a good deal.  She knew the remedies of love, because she had learnt this art as it existed in olden times.

                                                                                                                                                 

The Character Sketch of The Parson:

The Parson, one of the distinguished characters in 'The General Prologue', exhibits virtue in the ecclesiastical world.  The parson was a good man of religion.  He was a poor Parson in a town, but he was rich in holy thoughts and holy work.  He was also a man of learning.  He truly preached the gospel of Christ, and sincerely looked after the spiritual welfare of his flock.  He would teach the residents of his parish devoutly.  He was kind - hearted and wonderfully industrious.  He had proved many times that he was very patient when overtaken by misfortunes.  He was ready to help his various poor parishioners with money form his collection of tithes and even from his own personal income.

The Parson's parish covered a wide area, and the houses were situated quite far from one another.  But he did not neglect visiting the parishioners because of rain or thunder, sickness or trouble.  He visited the high and the low, and he went to them on foot, with a staff in his hand.  He did not let out his own office for hire, leaving the parishioners to sink into sin.  He did not run to Saint Paul's Cathedral in London in order to apply of a job as a singer of masses for the souls of others, not did he try to make money by working as a priest in the employ of some guild.  He was a priest, not a businessman aiming at money.  Although he was holy and virtuous, he was not without pity for sinhers.  He was soft - spoken and sympathetic.  His ambition was to show people the way to heaven by uprightness and good example.

                                                                                                                                                    

The Character Sketch of The Pardoner:

The Pardoner, one of the characters in 'The General Prologue', appeared to be a noble ecclesiastic, because he knew how to read a passage from the Bible or the life - history of a saint.  The Pardoner was the Summoner's friend and comrade.  He belonged to Rouncival.  He had come directly from the Pope's court at Rome.  He was a fitting companion for the Summoner and so they joined in song.  The Song which the Pardoner sang was a popular love - ditty.

The Pardoner had hair as yellow as wax but it hung smooth as does a coil of flax.  The few locks he had, hung down thinly and covered his shoulders.  But his locks were very thin and lay on his shoulders, in small bunches, here and there.  But he wore no hood to amuse himself, because his hood was packed in his bag.  He believed that he rode according to the latest fashion, with his hair loose, and bare - headed except for a cap which he wore.  He had shining eyes like a hare's.  His bright eyes were a sign of folly and immodesty.  He had a small picture of Christ sewn upon his cap.  His bag was full to the brim with papal indulgences which he claimed he had just brought straight from Rome.  He had a voice as tine as a goats.  He had no beard.  His face was as smooth as if he had just been shaved.

The Pardoner had a cross made of brass and studded with gems.  He carried a pig's bones in a glass.  He sang an anthem at the time of the ceremonial offering of the bread and the wine at the church alter.  He sang in a very loud and merry voice.