Canterbury Tales: The Merchant

The merchant's life consists of selling goods to the rest of the population. The merchant lives a middle class life, and would live in a mediocre house (although in this time, a mediocre house could have been considered a luxury. Merchants face the challenge of preventing theft of his goods, as well as competing against other merchants. The merchant makes enough money to not only maintain his home, but his family. He cares not for the rest of the world, unless something would reduce his sales. The merchant lives to sell his goods. As someone who lives life on capitalism, the merchant has no military experience. The merchant values only himself, his family, and his business. The merchant cares not for his customers, but only for the what the customer buys, and if they have what it takes to purchase it. The merchant would sell a sword and shield to a pacifist if he desired such, and he would also sell jugs of rum to alcoholic peasants. Anyone can buy anything with no restrictions, as long as the merchant can provide. Any merchant of business hopes he can achieve higher levels of business, and merchants of the Middle Ages are no different. They all hope they can one day become huge successes in the world of business.