1. The Use Of Love In Troilus And Criseyde
The word appears three times in Troilus and Criseyde, once in the above instance, and twice in Book III (Tatlock 294). ... This is a clear reference to Dante, as he also calls upon the Holy Trinity in Canto 14 of the book of Paradise: "The One and Two and Three that there is King, And lives for ever Three and Two and One, By naught contained, containing everything- (28-30). ... Chaucer needed to please his audience in order to keep his job, and so to mock their faith would not have been a smart career move. Chaucer had nothing to gain by making a mockery of Divine Love, and in fact doing so co...
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