Chaucer's Worthless Butterfly
- Author / Editor
- Wentersdorf, Karl P.
Chaucer's Worthless Butterfly
- Published
- English Language Notes 14 (1977): 167-72.
- Description
- In Chaucer's age, the image of the butterfly primarily suggested the self-destructive nature of human sinfulness. This aspect of butterfly symbolism occurs in MkT (B2.3978-81), MerT (E.303-04), and possibly ShT (B2.1360-61).
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism
- Monk and His Tale.
- Merchant and His Tale.
- Shipman and His Tale.