The Franklin's Tale

The Franklin's Tale is full of characters that represent a high quality of behavior. The character that I believe represents the highest quality of behavior is Aurelius. Aurelius is a squire and one of the most handsome men alive. He has been in love with Dorigen for two years. Dorigen is the wife of the knight Arveragus. Aurelius believes that he can be as noble as knight so that Dorigen will love him back. Throughout the story Aurelius tries to show Dorigen he is noble like a knight. Aurelius does many things to prove that he is noble and represents the highest quality of behavior out of all other characters. One of the times that Aurelius shows that he represents the highest quality of behavior is when he confesses his love to Dorigen at the dance. Dorigen tells Aurelius that she would only love him if he could…

Throughout the Franklin's Tale, there are many characters that have great characteristics. Each make decisions that reflect the kind of character they are and what they stand for. The character that is the finest gentlemen and makes the best decisions in the tale is Arveragus . Arveragus is a knight in Brittany and he is married to his wife Dorigen. They have a great amount of respect for eachother. The way they show the amount of respect is that they both vow to be loyal to each other and…

The Franklin's tale portrays one main theme, and that theme is love. all throughout his tale, the Franklin has a story of love and never ever giving up on one another told all throughout the entire tale. It is likely that Chaucer wanted one of the tales to be a true love story, where through thick and thin one person loved another. Most of the themes introduced in the preceding tales are reintroduced in The Franklin's Tale and organized in support of the orthodox position of the Man of Law as…

Written in the 1400’s by Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Franklin’s Tale” tells the story of a love triangle. A noble knight, a modest wife, and a squire are all faced with a decision to make in the end. Each person can decide between only thinking of himself and being greedy, or respect themselves and their fellow brother in order to do what is morally right. In this tale, honor and honesty surpass the inevitable covetous longing every man has. Arviragus, a brave and noble knight, was gone for two…

In what ways and with what effects does Chaucer present ‘maistrie’ in relationships between men and women in “The Franklin’s Prologue and Tale?” In “The Franklin’s Tale” by Geoffrey Chaucer, he employs the idea of gender norms to present a maistrie where the Arveragus is dominate over Dorigen in their relationship. Chaucer entails this dominance over Dorigen when Arvegaus is described that “he wrought for his lady before she was won.” The fact that Chaucer describes Dorigen as being “won over”…

One of the main themes that were intertwined between a lot of the texts we read was bravery. Most people know what bravery is and what is means but do we really understand it and why it is important to have? In this English course I learned more then just information from the historical texts we read, I learned that being brave and standing up for your self can get you very far in life. The main texts that stood out to me that exemplified this the most were Beowulf, Sir Galwin and the Green…

In the prologue of the Canterbury Tales, Chaucer introduces 29 pilgrims making a pilgrimage to Canterbury, where St. Thomas Beckett’s resting place is. Two tales that could be similar/ different to each other are “The Franklin’s Tale” and “The Wife of Bath’s Tale.” “The Franklin’s Tale” is a tale focusing on prudence, truth and kindness in human relationship. “The Wife of Bath's Tale” is a tale providing understandings of the role of women during the late Middle Ages. “The Franklin’s Tale” and…

One of the most well-known stories of all time, The Canterbury Tales, is not only known for it’s plot, but also for the deeper messages behind each character’s tale. The problem is, people do not always see the more sophisticated meanings behind the stories told. In the Franklin’s Tale, the franklin’s main point is that honesty prevails over all. In some cases, a reader might only see that this is what Chaucer was trying to say when he wrote this story, however it is not. The real significance…

admirable and precious gift long before Geoffrey Chaucer and his The Canterbury Tales, as Publilius Syrus of the 1st century B.C. once questioned “What is left when honor is lost?” (Stolinsky). This question, although pondered long before the mid 1300’s, was depicted within the chivalric code, with honor being one important attribute that knights were expected to retain. In our day and age, honor is typically displayed through athletic awards or academic achievements; however, in Chaucer’s time…

strong feeling of affection and sexual attraction to someone”.1 Chaucer’s tales, whether original or translated, walk the reader through themes of religion, folly, greed, sexuality, and among others, love while on a pilgrimage to Canterbury.2 The incomplete collection of twenty-four tales has survived since the late 1400’s. And notably, though not exclusively, the author used those tales containing marriage to highlight the incompatibility of power and love in romantic relationships. Though…