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Gower’s Tale of Florent as a feminist tale. The centre of John Gower’s Tale of Florent is a question: What women desire. What women desire, as we later come to know, is sovereignty; sovereignty in love. Written in the tradition of medieval poetry, the Tale of Florent follows the then popular ‘Loathsome Lady’ motif.  The…

The Canterbury tales is the contrast of realistic and exaggerated qualities that chaucer entitles to each of the characters. “The wife of Bath is one of chaucers most enduring characters and one of the most famous. She is loud, self-promoting, and extremely aggressive. She begins explaining her story about her life and her beliefs. She is…