'The Man of Law's Tale' as Christian Comedy: Or, the Best-Laid Schemes...
- Author / Editor
- Marzec, Marcia Smith.
'The Man of Law's Tale' as Christian Comedy: Or, the Best-Laid Schemes...
- Published
- Proceedings of the ... International Patristic, Mediaeval and Renaissance Conference 12-13 (1987-88): 197-208.
- Description
- Critically regarded as a failure, MLT may be seen in better light if we look at its overriding theme: the efficacy of God's will at work in the world. But while the tale succeeds in explicating that theme, it fails in its portrayal of Constance, whose passivity and failure to interact with other characters diminish her believability and appeal as a heroine.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Man of Law and His Tale.