Comparing Relationship between Teller and Tale in The Merchant’s Tale a

Relationship between Teller and boloney in The Merchants Tale and The Wife of BatheA relationship is usually seen between the teller of a tale and the tale that he or she decides to share. Chaucers pilgrim, the Merchant, uses his feelings on espousal to teach a lesson in his tale. The Wife of Bathe also relies on her life experience to tell her tale. The two relationships in the tales can then be compared. In his prologue, the Merchant recounts how he despises being married. He has only been married for two months and he regrets the decision he made because his married woman is the finish up of all. He takes these negative views of marriage into his tale. The old man that gets to receive the Merchants feelings towards marriage is January. January is happy in his marriage, quite the opposite from the Merchant, yet his wife fools him. The Merchant is blinded by the beauty and vivacity of his young wife, May. He is in love enough with her that he does no t immediately understand the affair that is fortuity behind his back. Even when he catches sight of Da...