The Physician's Character In The Canterbury Tales

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For this project I chose to pursue and research the Physician's character in the Canterbury Tales. The actor I chose to cast to play the role as the Physician in a movie was Matt Smith. Smith is an actor of twelve years and has plenty of experience playing an eccentric and mysterious character in the television show, Doctor Who. I selected him because he fit many requirements that I thought best suited the personality and physical traits of the original character that was described in the Canterbury prologue. The Doctor in the Canterbury Tales can be described as an intelligent being who is well educated in science, medicine and astrology. Smith has played a role that has required him to seem highly intelligent in Doctor Who. In this television

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