Choose your favorite character from "The Prologue," and describe the character’s traits in your own words. Then, analyze how Chaucer’s description—his choice of words and details—brings out the traits you described. Finally, discuss how your chosen character represents English life in the Middle Ages. You may refer to your knowledge of the Middle Ages from the Literary Period Introduction as well as from this selection. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

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Answer:

Franklin is a highclass wealthy and really generous landowner who likes to enjoy life as he shares his fortune with his guests. There are always good meals at his house for the ones who visit him, that it would be possible to think that at his place it rains food and drinks instead of water. According to the season the options in the table change but always with great abundance.

Explanation:

According to Chaucer’s description of the character recalling his own words:

“He lived for pleasure and had always done…”,  

“He made his household free to all the Count. His bread his ale, were finest of the fine…”  

it is possible to appreciate the way in which he shows a refined character with exotic tastes and always willing to share and show all the inhabitants of the place how well it is possible to live and also the way in which they could always enjoy the best pleasures in abundance.

In the case of Franklin compared to the middle age life, this character could represent one of the lords who lived in huge houses or castles, but in this particular case a very generous one always thinking about the place and the people he lived with.