Attitudes Toward Marriage In Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales
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Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales demonstrate many different attitudes
toward and perceptions of marriage. Some of these ideas are very
traditional, such as that discussed in the Franklin's Tale, and others are
more liberal such as the marriages portrayed in the Miller's and the Wife
of Bath's Tales ....
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.... of their abuses of marriage, including Nicholas' interest in
astrology and Absalon's refusal to accept offerings from the ladies, as
well as the behaviors of both with regards to Alison. Still, Alison does
what she wants, she takes Nicholas because she wants to, just as she
ignores Absalon because she wants to. Lines 3290-5 of the Miller's Tale
show Alison's blatant disrespect for her marriage to "Old John" and her
planned deceit:
That she hir love hym graunted atte laste,
And swo ....
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