Date of Award
1972
Document Type
Senior Scholars Paper (Colby Access Only)
Department
Colby College. English Dept.
Advisor(s)
Colin MacKay
Second Advisor
John Sutherland
Third Advisor
George Maier
Abstract
Chaucer is telling us that, sooner or later, we must come to the same understanding of the ephemeral nature of the joys of this life as does Troilus. The eschatological overtones are unmistakable. While we may laugh with the poet at the blindness of the uxorious husband in the Miller's Tale, we are wary of becoming covetous sinners whose "Retracciouns" might be insufficient penance.
Keywords
narrator, literature, Geoffrey Chaucer
Recommended Citation
Stursberg, Walter, "The Development of the Role of the Narrator in the Six Major Works of Geoffrey Chaucer" (1972). Senior Scholar Papers. Paper 510.https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/seniorscholars/510
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