Franklin

= Frankl﻿in =



Overview:
The Franklin is a cheerful man with a beard "white as a daisy petal" and a high-colored face. He believes that happiness and pleasure are the most important things in life. He is a wealthy landowner and a well-respected man in the country. The Franklin is a friendly man who invites everybody to his household. His house is never short of fish, bake-meat pies, and other foods. He loves to cook and cooks according to the seasons of the year.

Description:

 * White beard "as a daisy petal"
 * High-colored face
 * Big
 * Cheerful
 * Happy
 * Sanguine
 * Blithe
 * Gleeful
 * Exultant
 * Friendly
 * Loves to cook
 * Cooks according to the season

Questions:
1. **__What specific occupation does your character have?__** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">A Franklin is a wealthy landowner that is not noble at birth. He is also a hostess who invites everybody to his house to eat.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">2. **__What is Chaucer’s tone toward this character and how does he convey it?__** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Franklin is pure, happy, and cheerful. Chaucer shows this by describing him as a sanguine man.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">3. **__What was his or her social standing?__** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">He was high rank in the upper class.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">4. **__What might your character’s day to day life be like?__** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">He lived very well with plenty of food for him and his men. He was a hostess who invited everybody to his house. He also handled all of the audits that went through the county.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">5. **__What details does Chaucer include about the character’s physical appearance and personality?__** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">He had a beard “white as a daisy-petal” and also wears colorful clothing. He also had a high-colored face meaning that he was a heavier than most men. He is sanguine which means he is confident and cheerful. He loved to cook and enjoyed eating well with cake and wine in the morning and meat and fish in the afternoon.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">6. **__What modern day occupation might correspond to your medieval character and why?__** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">He would be in management and business and a cook in his spare time. Chaucer tells us that his house is free to all the country. He would welcome everybody to his house to gather and eat where “his house was never short of bake-meat pies, of fish and flesh”.