Nature as Destiny in 'Troilus and Criseyde'
- Author / Editor
- Goodman, Jennifer R.
Nature as Destiny in 'Troilus and Criseyde'
- Published
- Style 31 (1997): 413-27.
- Description
- Aristotelian natural philosophy, specifically the doctrines of natural place and natural motion, lie at the heart of the structure and meaning of TC. Troilus and Criseyde are bodies in motion toward their natural resting places; their natures--her slidingness and his steadfastnees--are their destinies. The poem's Christian ending is appropriate to the ultimate destiny of human beings.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde.