deception

Question 1

‘ f - - l - - - - - - m - - - - - b - - - a c - - - - - - - ‘

Answer 1

‘ful lightly mystow been a cokewold’

a man whos wife is unfaithful, presented as a figure of fun in literature and art

Question 2

‘ w - - - - t - - - - a m - - - - - p - - - - - - - - b - - - - - , a - - s - - - - it in a c - - - - - - m - - - - - p - - - - ‘

Answer 2

‘whoso tooke a mirour, polisshed bright, and sette it in a commune market-place’

facade, mirror may be alluding to a false sense of reality in marriage. voyeuristic

Question 3

‘he p - - - - - - - - in h - - h - - - - a - - in h - - t - - - - - h - - f - - - - - - b - - - - - - a - - h - - a - - t - - - - - ‘

Answer 3

‘ he purtreyed in his herte and in his thoght hir fresshe beautee and hir age tendre’

the deceit of imagination. the fantasy which is voyeuristic

Question 4

‘ d - - - - - , w - - - - c - - - b - - - - - t - - k - - - - - f - - m - - - a d - - ‘

Answer 4

‘ damyan, which carf biforn the knight ful many a day’

he is carving the meat he will eat, the deceit is highlighted. he is trusted by januarie

Question 5

‘ i s - - - , o s - - - d - - - - - ‘

Answer 5

‘ i seye, ‘O sely Damyan,’

he is very much not innocent, ironic he’s sleeping with his wife

Question 6

‘ a - - s - - - - - - t - - - l - - - - - d - - - s - - t - - - - - - - u - - - - h - - p - - - - ‘

Answer 6

‘ and sotilly this lettre doun she threste under his pilwe’

the trickery and cruelty of damian and mays relationship

Question 7

‘as to be d - - - - - - - w - - - a m - - m - - se’

Answer 7

‘as to be deceyved whan a man may se’

blind justice, allegorical justice. physical show, he cant see past whats affecting him already