The Concept of Order in the "Franklin's Tale."

Author / Editor
Benjamin, Edwin B.

Title
The Concept of Order in the "Franklin's Tale."

Published
Philological Quarterly 38 (1959): 119-24.

Description
Attributes the disruption of order in the plot of FranT to Dorigen's pride and "indecisiveness" and to Aurelius's "moral flaw" and use of "unlawful" magic. Order is reinstated by means of seriatim "self-sacrifice" triggered by the "manly firmness" of Arveragus.

Chaucer Subjects
Franklin and His Tale