The Canterbury Tales takes place in the middle ages, and gives us a mental image of how society and people were during that time period. If I were to be one of the characters during this time, I would most relate to being the Physician. This career would entitle that I would most likely work out of my own home. I would work to help other people improve their overall health, by diagnosing their diseases/illnesses and prescribing medication (in these times, usually herbs or tonics) to relieve and cure the symptoms. During the middle ages, the bubonic plague struck the population quickly and caused a tremendous affect on the welfare and living conditions of the people of this time. Due to this, I would have to work with people that were not only on the verge of death, but were also potentially contagious to myself, meaning that my career risked my own health and life. I suppose that my family life would be somewhat non-existent, for I would most likely spend my time working, which means that I wouldn’t have had time to have a wife or start a family. Furthermore, I would see the world as a place that needed the help of problem-solvers and thinkers like myself. I would be very aware of the diseases in the world, and I value that I have the ability and knowledge to help prevent and cure people to ward them off. My plans for the future would simply be to continue my career and to become more aware of diseases that are unknown (or caused by an unknown reason) to us, and to develop a way to cure them.
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