The Host: He is the proprietor of the Tabard Inn where the pilgrims to Canterbury stay and travels with them on their journey. It is the Host who devised the scheme of the tales, proposing that each tell two tales on the way to Canterbury, and he frequently mediates arguments between pilgrims and suggests who shall tell the next story The Knight: A noble fighter who served in the Crusades, he travels with his son, …showed first 75 words of 457 total…

…showed last 75 words of 457 total…woman who suffers a number of tragedies but is at each turn saved by her devotion to her Christian beliefs. The Franklin: He travels with the Man of Law. The Franklin is a man who takes delight in all simple pleasures, most prominently culinary ones. His story is that of a woman who promises to have an affair with a man if he can do something she deems impossible that would nevertheless save her husband.