THE CANTERBURY TALES

INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION

• "In blood red garments, slashed with bluish grey
• and lined with tafetta..." (Page 156, lines 449-450)
• "In his own diet he observed some measure;
• There were no superfluities for please..." (Page 156, lines 445-446)
• "When, by his horoscope, he knew the powers of favorable planets..." (Page 155, lines 426-427)

DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION

• "No one alive could talk as well as he did on points
• of medicine and of surgery..." (Page 155, lines 422-423)
• "He was a perfect practicing physician." (Page 155, line 432)
• "He therefore had a special love of gold." (Page 156, lines 454)

CHARACTER DESCRIPTION

• Intelligent
• Wealthy
• Healthy

The doctor in The Canterbury Tales is equivalent to the doctor in house - they are both intelligent, wealthy physicians.