Canterbury Tales 2

Character: The Cook
The Cooks prologue:

•  Indirect characterization because it was giving his appearance and his environment

The Cooks tale:

•  Indirect characterization because he was the one talking which showed his character
• Direct characterization because it directly states the man in the story resembles the cool

Chaucer's tone:

• Chaucer's tone at first consisted of him making fun of the Cook and his life. He made fun of it in a sarcastic way but then realized the cook had lost certain qualities that made him. Chaucer then felt a little guilty and told the Cook to let it go.

Chaucer's humor:

• Consisted of irony because the Cooks wealth and happiness in the beginning later crashed towards the end. Chaucer made fun of the Cook and how the Cook let himself fall.