1. Marriage in Chaucer's The Clerk's Tale and The Franklin's Tale
The Canterbury Tales is a collection of tales written by Geoffrey Chaucer published in 1475. ... These characters tell stories that are both conventional and unconventional to the Fourteenth Century. ... The critic Conor McCarthy's article; "Love, Marriage, and Law: Three Canterbury Tales" discusses these three conventions in The Clerk's Tale, The Franklin's Tale, and The Merchant's Tale. McCarthy focuses on how the idea of love, marriage, and law in The Clerk's Tale and The Merchant's tale attribute to the interpretation of the Franklin's Tale. McC...
- Word Count: 3668
- Approx Pages: 15
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Undergraduate