Franklin

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Franklin is a wealthy, hospitable landowner and one of the storytellers in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, known for his focus on gentility and marital harmony.

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Franklin canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
landowner ⓘ
pilgrim in The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
storyteller ⓘ
appearsIn The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
associatedTheme courtesy ⓘ
freedom in marriage ⓘ
gentility ⓘ
honor ⓘ
marital fidelity ⓘ
mutual consent in marriage ⓘ
associatedWith The Host ⓘ
other Canterbury pilgrims ⓘ
characterTrait concerned with gentility ⓘ
concerned with marital harmony ⓘ
generous ⓘ
hospitable ⓘ
createdBy Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
describedAs lover of good food and drink ⓘ
describedIn The General Prologue ⓘ
firstAppearance The General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
focusOfTale Arveragus and Dorigen’s marriage ⓘ
promise and obligation ⓘ
journeysTo Canterbury ⓘ
languageOfWork Middle English ⓘ
literaryFunction representation of rural gentry ⓘ
vehicle for discussion of ideal marriage ⓘ
literaryPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
medium poetry ⓘ
moralEmphasis keeping one’s word ⓘ
mutual respect between spouses ⓘ
narrativeRole prologue speaker ⓘ
tale narrator ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
occupation landowner ⓘ
religiousContext Christian pilgrimage ⓘ
settingOfActivity medieval England ⓘ
socialClass gentry ⓘ
socialStatus freeholder ⓘ
taleGenre Breton lai ⓘ
tellsTale The Franklin’s Tale ⓘ
linked to: The Franklin's Tale
wealthStatus wealthy ⓘ
workForm frame narrative ⓘ

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