The Franklin's Prologue and Tale

THE FRANKLIN 'S TALE : SYMBOLISM OF ROMANCE

The Franklin 's Tale : Symbolism of Romance (Name (Institution

The Franklin 's Tale : Symbolism of Romance

Middle English is considered a bridge of society to reach the Early Modern phase of literature . The concepts of literature during this era range from Religion , Courtly love and Arthurian . However , the works of Geoffrey Chaucer like the Canterbury Tales stand out from other literary works in this period . Works of Geoffrey Chaucer focused on the lives of people during the Middle English that led him to the development

of his most famous poetry , The Canterbury Tales . The Canterbury Tales is a collection of various literary genre such as courtly love , saint 's life allegorical tale and beast tale . Chaucer 's imaginative mind presented 24 stories through a series of tales told by the pilgrims of the shrine of Becket in an inn

One of the most profound genres in Canterbury Tales is romance Historically speaking , romance is a medieval verse narrative chronicling the adventures of a brave knight or other hero who must overcome great dangers for love of a noble lady or high ideal . Today , the term romance has come to mean any story that presents a world that is happier , more exciting , or more heroic than the real world . Characters in romance live happily ever after ' in a world where good always triumphs over evil (Anderson , 1980 ,

. 1248 . The tales of the squire and the knight are a concrete evidence of the extent...