Franklins Tale By Chaucer Essay, Research Paper

Humanity is an important quality held by very few people. Having this quality

shows your natural human nature and caring for other people rather then

yourself. In ?The Franklin?s Tale? by Chaucer the actions of the

characters in the tale prove the validity of the statement that ?The

Franklin?s Tale? shows humanity at its best. In ?The Franklin?s Tale?

it is obvious that humanity is shown at it?s best because of the characters

attitudes to each other throughout the entire novel. ?So I have often heard;

all may be well, but you must keep your word?(447). Arveragus tells his wife

Dorigen that she must keep her word to Aurelius and go and be his lover because

he had done as she told him to do. This shows a great deal of humanity on the

part of Arveragus because after being away for two years he is willing to let

his wife go away and live with another man just for the fact that she promised

him that she would. ?I?d rather suffer too than seek to come between his

love and you?(448). The response given by Aurelius was this. He told Dorigen

to go home because he didn?t want to hold her with him under her will. He

would rather suffer himself then to see the one he loved suffer. This shows

humanity on the part of Aurelius because even though he is in love with this

women he still does not want to be with her if she is not happy. ?Sir, I

release you of your thousand pound no less than if you?d crept out of the

ground just now, and never had had to do with me? (450). The magician feels

bad for poor Aurelius and waves the fee of the task he performed from him. This

is the last show of humanity because this man did not find enjoyment from a task

he performed for him, the magician told Aurelius he does not owe him anything.