Casting of C.T.

Casting of Canterbury Tales

   The Doctor: Dr. Gregory House

                In the Canterbury Tales one of the characters going on this journey was a doctor. The doctor was very wise and his specialty was doing surgery and prescribing medicines. He believed that position of planets determined the best time to treat a patient. In my opinion one of the lines used in the prologue sums up who the doctor really is and that is, “He knew, and whether dry, cold, moist, or hot; He knew their seat, their humor, and condition.” I think this line is saying that there was no doctor like him. The celebrity I would compare to the doctor is Dr. Gregory House from the television show “House M.D.” I chose House simply because he is also a doctor. In the show he is described to be a “misanthropic medical genius,” similar to the doctor in the Prologue. They both care about what they do and are very good at.

   The Knight: Taylor Swift

                I have chosen Taylor Swift to be the Knight because of the overall meaning of a knight. No, she is not a man with big muscles and knows how to fight, but Taylor sure is strong mentally like one. In the very beginning of the Prologue for the Knight it says “Truth, honor, generousness, and courtesy…” as one of the lines. These four words describe all of the traits a true knight should have; all of which Taylor has. Taylor Swift is the most genuine celebrity I have ever known. Her integrity and ambition to be a good person is what makes her so strong…especially in the society we live in today and especially being a big time celebrity. Taylor takes so much crap from the world and she has yet to back down from it. Doesn’t that almost sound like a Knight? Someone who fights in war and gets beaten but doesn’t give up and stays strong. In my opinion that’s exactly what Taylor Swift does.

 Prioress/ Nun: Whoopi Goldberg

                For the casting of the Nun I chose Whoopi Goldberg, the Nun. Goldberg played this role in the divine comedy “The Sister Act.” A nun is a religious woman who runs a convent. She is someone very elegant and poise with manners. In the Prologue they describe the nun as “charitably solicitous.” That means she was so eager to do something voluntarily. In the Sister Act that’s what Goldberg would be described as. Granite yes she was pretending to be one but she did pretty good acting like one. She was kind and generous and just so down to earth. All the other nuns loved her.