Important Quotation Chaucer Flashcards
The Merchants view on marriage in intro
“I have a wig the worst that may be”
“She is a shrewe” bitter and ill tempered
How does the merchant describe jan
“Sixty yeer wiflees man”
“His bodily delit on women ther A’s was his appetit” spends his time and money and women
Why does the merchant say January thinks about marriage?
“To take a wif is a glorious thing…whan a man is old and hoor thanne is a wif the fruit of his tesor “ If she is fruitful she can continue name
What does theofraste believe?
He wrote a book ‘the golden book or marriage’ and says “ne taak no wif” she will spend your money and make you a “cokewold” January replies with “god curse his bones”
Ironic quote about deception
“He may nat be decieved, as I gesse” women’s will not deceive you. This is ironic because may does deceive him
Biblical stories that show women are deceiving
The book of Judith(Jewish) she seduces the general of an attacking army ‘holofrenes’ and decapitates him to save her people “lo Judith”
And the stories of ester and Abigail
January wants a young wife
“Unto som maide fair and tendre of age” “old fish young flessh”
“Old boef is the tender veel “
What is justinus’s advice?
“For god it woot I have wept many a tere” - sine I have had a wife I have cried
“Ye shall nat plesen hire fully yeres three” he will not sexual satisfy her as he is old
“She may be your purgatory”
What is Januaries ideal woman?
“Hir middle smal, hir armes longe and sclendre”
“This was his fantasye “
How does January describe mays beauty?
“She was lik the brighte morwe of May” like a spring morning
The first intro to Damian
A squire called Damien “which carf biforn the night ful many a day” a trusted servant
How is January described in the couples first sexual encounter?
“The slakke skin aboute his nekke shaketh”
May thinks “his playing worth a bene”
Proserpina’s angry
She will talk “or Elle’s swelle til myn herte breke “
