Petrarch
We can clearly see in the poems that he indeed loved a woman; Then he lost her to tragedy. In Soleasi Nel Mio Cor, he states that she was...
The Wife of Bath
This story of the Wife of Bath examines the theme of female dominance. This is good viewpoint because in recent readings, women have...
Franklin's Tale
It was uncommon for equality in the medieval times, especially within a marriage. Dorigen was put in a situtaion to possibly dishonor her...
Canterbury Tales: The Clerk's Tale
This story is of a man who is forced to wed someone to provide an heir. The marquis Walter sets his eye on peasant Griselda, who at the...
Chevrefoil
This is one of her shorter lais that ties in the romance of a Queen and a banished man. The crime with which he committed was that he...
Chaitivel
The lai Chaitivel is a love story that is to good to be true. At the hearing of her love for the four knights and their love back, I was...
Laustic
In this lai by Marie de France, she illustrates some of the fairy tale aspects that are persistent in the medieval realm of literature....
Yonec
This lai is a traditional knight in shining armour idea but in that, he did not have to make a long and grueling quest. De France shows...
Lanval
This was one of the easier reads because I knew where it was going. The part that struck me in this reading was that loyalty was a huge...
Bisclavret
De France gives us a perspective into the medieval romance with betrayal and supernatural beings involved within this lai. The way the...
