Essay On Canterbury Tale’s (The Franklin’s Tale)

Essay On Canterbury Tale’s (The Franklin’s Tale)

In an essay of 1-2 double-spaced pages, identify the speaker and the situation to which the lines respond. Explain the content and discuss the importance of this passage to the ideas Chaucer explores in The Franklin’s Tale. In the course of your discussion, work in short quotations from the text so as to display your understanding of Chaucer’s English.

Your essay must show clear knowledge and understanding of the lecture/discussion material. You may consult class notes, but do not consult external sources in the completion of this assignment.

For o thing, sires, saufly dar I seye,

That freendes everich oother moot obeye,

If they wol longe holden compaignye.

Love wol nat be constreined by maistrye;

Whan maistrye comth, the God of Love anon

Beteth hise winges, and farwel, he is gon!

Love is a thing as any spirit free.

Wommen, of kinde, desiren libertee,

And nat to been constreined as a thral;

And so doon men, if I sooth seyen shal.

Looke who that is moost pacient in love,

He is at his avantage al above.

Pacience is an heigh vertu, certein,

For it venquisseth, as thise clerkes seyn,

Thinges that rigour should nevere atteine.

Mla format and please do not use outside sources only cite from what i’ll provide below, thank you!

https://chaucer.fas.harvard.edu/pages/franklins-prologue-and-tale