The Canterbury Tales - The Reeve
Diamante Rivera & Giovanni Rodriguez
Summary
Indirect Characterization
He makes no mistakes and is very precise about everything he does
Direct Characterization
Lines 612 - 614:
"No auditor could gain a point on him.
And he could judge by watching drought and rain
The yield he might expect from seed and grain."
The Reeve was a very old and thin man who wore a short beard and short hair.
Lines 620 - 622:
"No one ever caught him in arrears.
No bailiff, serf or herdsman dared to kick,
He knew their dodges, knew their every trick;..."
Lines 605 - 608:
"The Reeve was old and choleric and thin;
His beard was shaven closely to the skin,
His shorn hair came abruptly to a stop
Above his ears,..."