Shrubber |
|
Shrubber |
|
Review Chaucer's description of the pardoner, pp. 162-163. How would you categorize the pardoner using the four humors?
Clifford
10/17/2014 09:06:08 pm
I think that in Chaucer's description of the pardoner, the pardoner belongs to the green section of the 4 humors. I would say that he is phlegmatic because in the category it included the characteristics of calm and careful. As a professional con man, or a person who sells pardons for the church and cheat things of the poor, he has to be calm and knows what steps to take in order to get people's trust. He has to be emotional stabled in order to be able to cheat others into buying his pardon. A pardoner is a person who sells paper with the pope's signature on it. In order to sell such things, the seller has to be smart.
YuJin Yang
10/18/2014 05:24:00 pm
I agree with Clifford. The pardoner's goal is to sell his products to people by communicating with them and "manipulating" them. Therefore, hiding his emotions is necessary. He has to be careful and calm in order to successfully persuade the consumers to buy his products. Thus, he should be phlegmatic.
Phillip
10/18/2014 11:01:29 pm
While I do not think you two (Yujin and Clifford) are incorrect, I don't think that the pardoner can be described with just the green humour. As a salesman, he cannot merely be a passive, unassertive person. A good salesman, in my opinion, must connect on some level with his/her buyers. I think a good salesman should have qualities from the sanguine humour; the salesman should be outgoing and talkative in order to bond with the buyers, as well as sensitive and controlled, as you two mentioned.
Ariel
10/18/2014 01:56:58 pm
I think the pardoner belongs to the red section, sanguine. As a seller, he needs to have the ability to persuade and communicate with costumers. Throughout the passage, I can also feel that he is a very extraverted man. He is very outgoing and have the leadership to become a good businessman. I agree with Clifford, how he belongs to the green section too. He is very thoughtful to be able to think of all those lies.
Belle
10/18/2014 02:14:37 pm
I agree with you. As a business man, in order to communicate with different costumers, the pardoner should be sociable and able to understand his costumer's need. And most importantly, he should be eloquent and smart enough to convince his constumers to buy his goods.
Maxewell
10/18/2014 07:18:44 pm
I feel like his "careful" attitude is a fake. To be a pardoner, you are not supposed to go ask people for money and turn this "redemption" into a business. People should come to you and ask for forgiveness out of their heart. The way this pardoner is making money off people's loyalty to God is wrong and so I would perceive his peaceful actions as "faked". But he does have a pretty good leadership skill because he's a pretty good businessman.
Maxwell
10/18/2014 07:14:11 pm
I felt like the Pardoner is more towards the red colored and slightly more extraverted. In order for the pardoner to earn money by having people pay indulgence to him, he has to be active in getting people's attention of his presence. He must be optimistic because he needs to seek any chance possible to gain wealth. He has to be talkative (red) because he needs to convince people that they can trust this pardoner, making him feel "sociable".
Alex
10/19/2014 12:05:42 am
I agree with Maxwell. The Pardoner's gregarious and extroverted personality is crucial for selling things to others. If he is too shy and introverted to advertise his stuffs, no one will pay attention to his words.
Han Joo Kim
10/19/2014 12:50:15 am
I partly agree with you. I think the pardoner is sanguine, definitely. He has to be outgoing and social; however, I do not think he is choleric. He is definitely not touchy (sensitive) or aggressive. How can he coerce people into buying when he is choleric? Rather, like the comments above, I think he is more emotionally stable. Just my thoughts though. Comments are closed.
|