Can someone plzz help me?

Question

I am providing u with the old archetypes used in chaucers canterbary tales and i want the modern verion of it. Lke the knight- fireman.
1. Oxford clerk- "He has no preferment in he church, and he was too unwordly to make a search for secure employment..By his bed he preffered having 20 books in red"
2. Parson- "he also was a learned man, a clek, who truly knew christs gospel, would preach it devoulty to parishioners, and teach it"
3. Miller- "A great fellow big in brain and bone. He could heave any door off hinge and post or break anything with his head"
4. Plowman- "He was an honest woker good and true...for steadily about his work he went"
These are the old archetypes and i was wondering what would be the modern version of these..plz help

Answer 1

1. clerks were university-type students. all university work was done through churches then. a modern archetype would be a graduate student, maybe.

2. parsons were preachers. and teachers. a modern version of that would be a pastor.

3. millers were associated with agriculture, but had some business sense along with their ability to do physical labour. by the description given, it sounds like a professional wrestler or something to me.

4. plowman worked in the fields and were thought to be close to god because of their steady work (piers plowman). a farmer in the american midwest seems to be a modern version of that to me.

Answer 2

1) Oxford Clerk = wikipedia via Google : a student of Theology or Philosophy
2)Parson = Minister, Preacher or Priest !
3)Miller= then was a the guy a farmer took his grain to ,
for the miller to make it into flour ! Nowadays the miller would be equal to a huge conglomerate or corporation , as there are very few real individual "Miller's" now ! If you can find a 'Gristmill' or a place where corn or grains are ground into meal, that fellow would be a 'Miller' !
4)Plowman=Farmer