The Merchant's Prologue And Tale Flashcards
John Milton on love
Love in marriage…
Love in marriage cannot live or subsist, unless it is mutual
Nevill coghill on Januarie
January appears….
January appears helpless, romantic, generous, tragic
Gail Ashton on females
Without a doubt…
Without a doubt this portrayal of married love is firmly on the side of the female
Stephanie A Tolliver on Mays deceit
JANUARYS inability to….
JANUARYS inability to analyse Mays deceit is essentially his refusal to accept it
Derek Pearsall on the tale
The amoral tales reduces ‘all….
The amoral tales reduces ‘ all human desire to lust and greed’
Elaine Hanson on May
A completely….
A completely unfeeling wife
Stephanie A Tolliver on May
Made of…
Made of masculine fantasy