Merchant
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Merchant is a shrewd, status-conscious businessman and storyteller in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, known for his cynical views on marriage and concern with profit and appearance.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| the Merchant | 3 |
| Merchant canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
pilgrim in The Canterbury Tales ⓘ storyteller ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
cynical
ⓘ
materialistic ⓘ secretive ⓘ shrewd ⓘ status-conscious ⓘ |
| clothingDescription |
Flemish beaver hat
ⓘ
daintily buckled boots ⓘ motley dress ⓘ |
| concernedWith |
appearance
ⓘ
profit ⓘ social status ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Knight (The Canterbury Tales)
ⓘ
Parson ⓘ
surface form:
Parson (The Canterbury Tales)
|
| createdBy | Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ |
| describedBy |
Chaucer the pilgrim
ⓘ
surface form:
Chaucer the narrator
|
| economicStatus | in debt ⓘ |
| firstIntroducedIn |
The General Prologue
ⓘ
surface form:
General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
|
| hasViewOn | marriage ⓘ |
| hides | his financial debts ⓘ |
| journeysTo | Canterbury ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Middle English literature ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| medium | poetry ⓘ |
| narrates |
The Merchant's Tale
ⓘ
surface form:
The Merchant’s Tale
|
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| occupation | merchant ⓘ |
| participatesIn | storytelling contest of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| physicalFeature | forked beard ⓘ |
| socialClass | emerging middle class ⓘ |
| speechStyle |
authoritative
ⓘ
solemn ⓘ |
| spouseDescription |
domineering wife
ⓘ
shrewish wife ⓘ |
| symbolizes | commercial class in late medieval England ⓘ |
| taleFocus |
marriage
ⓘ
old husband and young wife ⓘ sexual deception ⓘ |
| taleGenre |
fabliau elements
ⓘ
marriage tale ⓘ |
| taleMainCharacter |
January
ⓘ
May ⓘ |
| taleSetting | Lombardy ⓘ |
| taleTone |
bitter
ⓘ
ironic ⓘ |
| viewOnMarriage | cynical ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
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