Chaucer: Its the Man's fault

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English

 

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Betty C

 

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November 14, 2012

 

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The Clerk's Tale and The Merchant's Tale both take on the institution of marriage, but comment on it in entirely different manner, but both contain an indictment of patriarchal narcissism and conceit. Chaucer gives us a description of the structure of The Canterbury Tales within the text. In The Merchant's Tale, the narrator states, Diverse men diversely him tolde Of marriage manye ensamples olde: Somme blamed it, some preysed it?(Bantam, 252) Indeed, the reader is given such diverse accounts of marriage, and it is the intricate task of the reader not only to integrate the meanings of tales, but to individually excavate the narrative voice to understand this meaning...
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In The Merchant's Tale, the narrator states, Diverse men diversely him tolde Of marriage manye ensamples olde: Somme blamed it, some preysed it?(Bantam, 252) Indeed, the reader is given such diverse accounts of marriage, and it is the intricate task of the reader not only to integrate the meanings of tales, but to individually excavate the narrative voice to understand this meaning...
displayed 300 characters

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