love and fellowship Flashcards
‘Old friends like old swords still are trusted best’ - delio
“you are still my loved and best friend”
contrasts to the ‘freends’ placebo who doesn’t tell him the truth but rather what he wants to hear. “i woot wel that my lord kan moore than i” - my lord he is his subordinate not his friend
“he lulleth hire, he kisseth hire ofte”
“his berd unsoft lyk the skin of houndfissh sharpe as brere”-
one sides love filled with painful tactile image
“may our sweet affections like the speheres be still in otion”
“which let violence never untwine”
- peaceful wholesome loving marriage unlike quick one sided love of May and Januarie
Julia and Cardinals relationship is transactional both benefit - cardinal lacks love for her its purely desire
“you are to thank me” - as her husband is (implied) is castrated
“the selfsame tears will fall into your husbands bosom lady” - he is aware that she is married and has no loyalty to him
similar to damian who is signalled to go into the garden while may weeps and tells her husband she “is a gentil womman and no wench”
- cockolds her husband openly its comical but for cardinal its a joke to jacobean audience only who like that a catholic figure is corrupt
ferdinand incestous love letter from ferdinand represented as “from lord Ferdinand your brother all love and safety” -
perhaps similar to merchants tale prologue where the merchant tries to establish a fellowship with other male pilgrims over his failed marriage despite only being married ‘these monthes two” he calls her a ‘shrew et al’
‘overmache’ the devil
duchess’ love for Antonio gets her to wrongly trust Bosola - “let me show you what a most unvalued jewel you have “
“his breast filled with perfection”
Duchess filled with pride and love says “this good one that you speak of is my husband”
contrasts greatly to january and mays relationship which seemes to be one sided and physical. There is no pride or love but rather lust
Difference is one deception is comical and one is tragic
people don’t figure out duchess and antonio’s love for each other due to class differences - ferdinand says “Antonio! a slave that only smelt of ink and counters and never in’s life looked like a gentelman”
Similar to Damian who januarie is oblivious to because he sends May to the ‘gentil womman’ and damian ‘he gooth as lowe as evere did a dogge for a bowe”
Different ways of getting married reflects the love and intimacy they have for each other. -
“per verba de presenti is absaloute marriag” (they both kneel) - mutual love and consent is seen here
In May and Januarie’s marriage we dont hear Mays voice or consent she just sits “ mayus, that sit with so beningne chiere” ( meek expression) - no sign of hapiness whilst januarie fantasies and pray to “god that it were woxen night”
Antonio is a genuine family man and dreams of “the weak delight to see the little wanton ride a cock-a-horse or hear him chatter like a taught starling” - shows his affectionate side and loving side he hopes in a marriage
januarie is concerned with fullfilling his apetite rather than the joys of fatherhood or family. he is more concerned with his property and heir. explains why he doesnt wanta ‘oold wyf’ because he ‘ could han no pleasaunce’ ‘ne children aholde i one upon hire geten” and he would have to resort to adultry ‘and go streight to the devel whan i die” -
he marries a young wife to “engendren him an heir”
he fears going to hell thats his reason for marriage after years of promiscuity and doesn’t want his ‘heritage sholde falle into straunge hand” not because of family and love like antonio.
- ironic as his wife ends up doing what he said he would do if he married an old person.
Chaucer exposing the double standards that patriarchy impose
Ferdinands incestous love for his sister - tries to cover up his jealousy and desire reason for killing through power struggle “
- “i had hope to gain an infinite amount of treasure by her death - money a more understaning reason for killing
contrasts with January who wants to give may all his money and property freely now that she is his wife “
