Read the excerpt from the General Prolgue to the Canterbury Tales. She was so full of charity and pity That if she saw a mouse caught in a trap, And it was dead or bleeding, she would weep. She kept some little dogs, and these she fed On roast meat, or on milk and fine white bread. But how she'd weep if one of them were dead, Or if somebody took a stick to it! She was all sensitivity and tender heart. Her veil was pleated most becomingly; Her nose well-shaped; eyes blue-grey, of great beauty; And her mouth tender, very small, and red. And there's no doubt she had a fine forehead, Almost a span in breadth, I'd swear it was, For certainly she was not undersized. How is the nun characterized in this excerpt? as boring and uninteresting as intelligent and cunning as proud and unkind as charitable and beautiful

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Kallie Bailey

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10 September, 17:07

Read the excerpt from the General Prolgue to the Canterbury Tales. She was so full of charity and pity That if she saw a mouse caught in a trap, And it was dead or bleeding, she would weep. She kept some little dogs, and these she fed On roast meat, or on milk and fine white bread. But how she'd weep if one of them were dead, Or if somebody took a stick to it! She was all sensitivity and tender heart. Her veil was pleated most becomingly; Her nose well-shaped; eyes blue-grey, of great beauty; And her mouth tender, very small, and red. And there's no doubt she had a fine forehead, Almost a span in breadth, I'd swear it was, For certainly she was not undersized. How is the nun characterized in this excerpt? as boring and uninteresting as intelligent and cunning as proud and unkind as charitable and beautiful

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Jerimiah Kim · Answer 1

The nun is characterised as charitable and beautiful. The writer says the nun was full of charity and pity. Then, he describes the things she would do to save any animal, even a mouse, from death. She was very sensitive and had a tender heart, in the writer's opinion.

Then, her beauty is described. Her religious garment (the veil) made her look attractive (becoming). Parts of her face : the nose, eyes, mouth and forehead, were of great beauty. Finally, her body was not undersized; she was not small. Her body was armonious. The size of her head - forehear - matched the size of her body.