 INTRODUCTION

 Traders have been randomly chosen by Chaucer and do not have any significance. These
tradesmen are treated as group and no individual importance is given to them. Haberdasher,
dyer, carpenter, weaver and tapestry maker all known as tradesmen. They were also known
as guildsmen.
 GUILD: It is specific place in London where these tradesmen used to gather for purpose of
their job.
 GUILDSMEN: These tradesmen belonging to the same working men’s union called
guildsmen .They travel together as the member of the same fraternity.

 JOB DESCRIPTION OF GUILDSMEN

 HABERDASHER: haberdasher is a person belongs to lower class which sells accessories

related to cutting and stitching of fabric.
 CARPENTER: carpenter is a person who makes thing out of wood.
 DYER: dyer is a person who color clothes with different colors.
 Weaver: WEAVER is person who makes fabric for clothes and carpet.
 TAPESTRY MAKER: tapestry maker also known as carpet maker. The person who
makes heavy woven clothes which are decorated with pictorial design.

 APPERANCE

 Clothing
Chaucer chooses to group these five tradesmen – a hat and accessories dealer (Haberdasher),
carpenter, weaver, cloth-dyer, and rug/tapestry maker respectively – together in one portrait.
They were having the same specific uniform as a sign of their membership to a common
fraternity.

 Equipment
The equipment that they used to carry were well made. These include knives which were not
coated with brass (an alloy of zinc and copper) but of silver. These equipment were very neatly
made and were of good quality. They used to had belts and purses which were well made.

 Wives
Their wives were very showy. They were socially very active and used to attend parties. They
used to have feastings on holidays. They liked to take this credit that we are actually behind the
success of our husbands. They used to wear such kind of dress that are long gowns having long
trains behind it, which could give them the look of royal class.
  SOCIAL STATUS

 Basically in medieval age initially the were from lower class later on they were move to the middle
class because of hardworking get reputation they made in society.
 SATIRE
The wives of tradesmen like to be treated as royal ladies. It is okay when someone calls them lady. They
were go outside for feast and dinner on holiday. Their wives also wear dresses like royal family having
long train.

 CONCLUSION
Chaucer speaks sarcastically of the guildsmen. He ironically describes them as being worthy of having
position on the town council. He says that they are all dressed as noblemen even though they are not
.They are members of the working unit and although they are well off have no right to act as nobility.
Chaucer also mention that the wives are even more pretentious having their tails lifted carried even they
go to church.
FAZAIA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION FOR WOMEN

SUBMITTED BY : SANIA AMBREEN , JAVARIA SHAH , BIBI

AYESHA
SUBMITTED TO : MAAM RABIA
SUBJECT : CLASSICAL POETRY
SEMESTER : 5TH
BATCH : 2ND
BS : ENGLISH
ASSIGNMENT NO. 1
DATE : OCTOBER 29TH , 2019