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Attitudes Toward Marriage in Chaucer\\\\\\\'s The Canterbury Tales


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. While
several of these tales are rather comical, they do indeed give us a
representation of the attitudes toward marriage at that time in history.
D.W. Robertson, Jr. calls marriage \\\\\\\"the solution to the problem of love,
the force which directs the will which is in turn the source of moral action\\\\\\\"
(Andrew, 88). Marriage in Chaucer\\\\\\\'s time meant a union between spirit and flesh
and was thus part of the marriage between Christ and the Church (88). The
Canterbury Tales show many abuses of this sacred bond, as will be discussed
below.
For example, the Miller\\\\\\\'s Tale......

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