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Published: 03.05.2003.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
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Love is a very complicated matter and it is hard for one to tell when there is really true love. Geoffrey Chaucer portrays love, honor, and emotions in "The Franklins Tale," of The Canterbury Tales. The story explains the difference between love and honor and how hard it can be to tell them apart. Since the story takes place in medieval times there is the affect of courtly love and chivalry as well, which impacts the way characters react. Dorigen, Arvéragus, and Aurelius are faced with the choice between love and honor and Chaucer shows how important it is to choose carefully and realize what one values more.
Aurelius, a "lusty squire" (Chaucer 414) who has loved Dorigen "best of any for two years" (Chaucer 414) is the "bad guy" in this story because he goes against the tradition at the time, courtly love, and tries to have an affair with a married woman. Dorigen, a beautiful lady who comes "from the kindred of so high a kind," (Chaucer 409) is faced with a serious decision between love and honor, which is bestowed on her by Aurelius.…

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