Canterbury Tales
In the Merchant's Tale, Chaucer discuses how women can be deceitful, interfere in relationships, and make marriage a living hell. In the tale, the Merchant characterizes wives of a different sort. I believe all of the three things Chaucer discusses in the Merchant's Tale are true by the actions of May, Prosperina, and Griselda. In my first paragraph, I will discuss the ways in which Griselda made marriage a living hell for the Merchant. For example, the Merchant says that after only two short months of marriage his wife is intolerable and makes life miserable. This statement made by the Merchant is easy to believe considering he called his wife a total shrew. I also believe the Merchant to be true when he says, " I have a wife, the worst there could be." In addition, the Merchant says that Griselda is a bubbling shrew and has a heap of faults. Griselda is said to have a bad tongue throughout the tale, which the Merchant
Prosperina's actions show me that she doesn't care about January and his feelings. ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**. Personally, I believ!e that the Merchant shouldn't let Griselda get to him even if he is deeply in love because she is not worth it. In my second paragraph, I will talk first about the deceit of May and then the interference of Prosperina in relationships. In conclusion, I feel that the Merchant has felt a world of hurt, which is underserved from a woman with very little respect for herself and her husband. Also, I have found out that women can be sweet and love you one minute and be trying to sneak around your back the next. For example, when May found out that Damian had much love toward her she deceitfully snooped around her blind husband January to try and be with Damian. She also showed me that she is nosy and deceitful by being in cahoots with May to deceive her husband. Furthermore, the Merchant states that, "but no more I'll relate, for aching heart, of my own sorry state. " I think that the Merchant is saying that he will not try and relate to Griselda anymore because his heart too hurt. In conclusion, I feel that both May and Prospernia are both deceitful and uncompassionate women who only care about themselves and their own well being. May also should me that if her husband would not have regained his sight that she would have stayed with Damian !as long as she could have gotten away with it. Furthermore, Prospernia helps May think of a believable excuse to tell January if he regains his sight and catches May with Damian in the pear tree or anywhere else for that matter. In concluding my essay, I feel that I have learned a lot from the Merchant's Tale on the type of women I should both look and watch out for. In addition, May was caught with Damian in a pear tree by January after his blindness suddenly went away: she then proceeded to jump down from the tree and fondly embraced January.
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