CANTERBURY TALES: THE DOCTOR

Alyssa ZelsnackBen Fortuna

Brandon RomeyPamiek Minor

(421- 454)

• The Doctor talked very sophisticated and no one talked as

good as him when it came to medicine and surgery.

• He loved astronomy and the four humors so, he based his practices on it.

• His apothecaries provided him with his medicine when he needed it.

• He was well-versed in Aesculapius.

• The Doctor had no time for superfluities for pleasure.

The Doctor’s Main Points

What specific occupation does the

Doctor practice?

– The specific occupation the Doctor

practices is being a physician. He

works in medicine and surgery.

Question 1

Question 2

What is Chaucer’s tone toward his

character and how does he convey it?

– Chaucer’s tone toward the Doctor is

sophisticated, but pragmatic.

He conveys this through the lines. “ No one

alive could talk as well as he did on points

of medicine and surgery (422-423).” Also,

In the end of the lines for the Doctor,

Chaucer shows how greedy he is and how he

has a love for gold.

Question 3 What was his or her social standing?

– The Doctor’s social standing was high class

and he was extremely wealthy. However, he was

selfish, greedy, deceptive, and immoral.

He kept all his earnings to himself. Also, he

was perceived to be a wonderful physician,

but he was careless.

Question 4

What might your character’s day to day

life be like?

– The Doctor’s day to day life might be very luxurious

for himself. Also, it might be filled with surgeries and

medical visits. Also, he did not read the bible very

much.

Question 5

What details does Chaucer include

about the character’s physical appearance

and personality ?

– Some details Chaucer includes about the Doctor’s

physical appearance and personality is the Doctor

wears “blood-red garments, slashed with blush-gray

and lined with taffeta (449-450).” The Doctor’s

personality was non-religious, greedy, and smart

in medicine, surgery, and astronomy. He was

well-versed, but selfish.

Question 6 What modern day occupation might

correspond to your medieval character

and why?

– The modern day occupation that might correspond

to our medieval character, the Doctor, would be a

regular doctor, physician, or a pharmacist because

most doctor’s are wealthy, smart, and pharmacist

deal with medicine.

Video: Canterbury Tales Doctor

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