Dorigen

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Dorigen is a character in Geoffrey Chaucer’s *The Canterbury Tales*, known for her role in "The Franklin’s Tale" as a noblewoman whose rash promise tests themes of love, honor, and truth.

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Label Occurrences
Dorigen canonical 5

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chaucer character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
advisedBy Averagus ⓘ
analyzedIn medieval literature studies ⓘ
appearsIn The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
associatedWithTheme free will ⓘ
honor ⓘ
love ⓘ
marital fidelity ⓘ
rash promises ⓘ
truth ⓘ
characterInWork The Franklin’s Tale ⓘ
linked to: The Franklin's Tale
createdBy Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
emotion despair ⓘ
fear of her husband’s death at sea ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
ethicalChoice decides to honor her promise despite personal cost ⓘ
firstAppearance The Franklin’s Tale ⓘ
linked to: The Franklin's Tale
gender female ⓘ
languageOfWork Middle English ⓘ
literaryPeriod Middle English literature ⓘ
linked to: Middle English
makesPromiseTo Aurelius ⓘ
maritalStatus married ⓘ
moralDilemma choosing between keeping a promise and marital fidelity ⓘ
moralSignificance illustrates the complexity of truth and honor in marriage ⓘ
narrativeFunction central figure whose promise drives the plot of The Franklin’s Tale ⓘ
nationalityInFiction Breton ⓘ
partOf The Canterbury Tales character set ⓘ
promiseCondition removal of the coastal rocks of Brittany ⓘ
relatedCharacter Aurelius ⓘ
Averagus ⓘ
the Franklin (narrator of her tale) ⓘ
residesInFiction Brittany ⓘ
socialStatus noblewoman ⓘ
spouse Averagus ⓘ
studiedFor portrayal of female agency ⓘ
representation of consent and obligation ⓘ
testedBy Aurelius ⓘ
her own rash promise ⓘ
workGenre Breton lai ⓘ
chivalric romance ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arveragus → spouse → Dorigen ⓘ
Arveragus → relationshipWith → Dorigen ⓘ
Aurelius → inLoveWith → Dorigen ⓘ
Aurelius → makesVowWith → Dorigen ⓘ