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 states in the Epilogue. Griselda has many of faults not only the fact that she cannot stop talking I think she is a very cruel women. 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. 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 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.
             In my second paragraph, I will talk first about the deceit of May and then the interference of Prosperina in relationships. 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. I think that if May really w
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