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Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales"

# 110008
Discuses the institution of marriage as presented in Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales".
1,720 words (approx. 6.9 pages) | 4 sources | MLA | 2006 | United States
Published on: Dec 14, 2008

Paper Summary:

This paper looks at how the most controversial of contemporary institutions depicted in "The Canterbury Tales" is marriage. In particular, the paper focuses on the "Franklin's Tale" and looks at how
Chaucer uses this tale to illustrate that the omission of supremacy, due to ideal notions, leads to misfortune, relationship conflicts, and inevitably, dilemmas within one's self.

From the Paper:

"The principle concern of Arveragus' and Dorigen's marriage is the abandonment of "maistrie." Maistrie, from which the word mastery is derived, pertains to the superior command or control of another individual. In the eyes of the optimistic newlyweds, there was to be no domination of one another; mutual deference instead of perpetual battle for dominance was the aspired goal. Instead of "soveraynetee," Arveragus and Dorigen were to be guided by the principles of "gentillesse" and "trouthe"."

Sample of Sources Used:

  • White, Gertrude M. "The Franklin's Tale: Chaucer or the Critics." PMLA 89(1974): 454-462.
  • Frazier, J Terry. "The Digression on Marriage in the Franklin's Tale." South Atlantic Bulletin 43(1978): 75-85.
  • Green, Donald C. "The Semantics of Power: 'Maistrie' and 'Soveraynetee' in 'The Canterbury Tales'" Modern Philology 84(1986): 18-23.
  • Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales Complete. Third. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.

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APA Citation:

Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" (2012, April 01). Retrieved May 24, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Book-Review-Geoffrey-Chaucer's-The-Canterbury-Tales/110008

MLA Citation:

"Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales"" 01 April 2012. Web. 24 May. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Book-Review-Geoffrey-Chaucer's-The-Canterbury-Tales/110008>




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I am currently a senior at Fairfield University. I have a 3.8 GPA and a double major in English and Sociology. I am currently awaiting acceptance letters to law school to enroll in the Fall of 2009.
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