Was Chaucer reiterating Dante's thoughts on love, or was he mocking them? ... It is interesting to note that the other two instances of the word "falsen- are associated with Troilus and how he will not falsen Criseyde. ... So why would Chaucer include this last section of the poem? ... Secondly, if we look at Chaucer's life and audience, we see that it makes no sense for Chaucer to be mocking Dante. ... Finally, many of Chaucer's works are disconnected. ...

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1 Let us go then, you and I, 2 When the evening is spread out against the sky 3 Like a patient etherized upon a table; 4 Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, 5 The muttering retreats 6 Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels 7 And sawdust restauran...

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The character of Theseus appears in Greek myth (he was a friend of Hercules and a giant-killer), but Shakespeare more likely got the idea for his character from Chaucer's Knight's Tale, which refers to Theseus and Hippolyta in the larger context of the story of Palamon and Arcite, two men in love with the same woman (a plot that resembles aspects of this play). ...

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