Tuesday, March 6, 2012
The Merchants Tale
Fabliaux is a short metrical tale, usually ribald and humorous, popular in medieval France. The Merchants Tale and Lyin' Eyes are the same. Both talk about a young woman with an older man. Both talk about a young woman who ends up having an affair with a young man. In the Merchants Tale, May tells her husband, January, that she did to get his eye sight back. This story is a didactic. It instructs older men to be aware of young brides, for they may go astray.
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Megan, since you addressed everything I'm giving you your points. But this is much too brief. After this, let's have more development and USE the text(s). OK? 15 points
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