Chaucer's Franklin and the Truth about 'Trouthe'
- Author / Editor
- Wurtele, Douglas J.
Chaucer's Franklin and the Truth about 'Trouthe'
- Published
- English Studies in Canada 13 (1987): 359-74.
- Description
- Arveragus's choice between allowing himself to be cuckolded or making Dorigen break her promise to Aurelius is a false dichotomy: he could have found a "tertium quid" in leaving the choice to her and thereby acting as lover rather than husband, as he initially vowed to do. By having him fail to do this, the Franklin reveals his inability to understand "gentilesse."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Franklin and His Tale.