The Clerk's Tale treats a large range of loosely feudal interrelationships, both on a social and private level. Initially, the central focus is on the lord, ...

Plot. The Clerk's tale is about a marquis of Saluzzo in Piedmont in Italy named Walter, a bachelor who is asked by his subjects to marry to provide an heir. He ...

15 сент. 2024 г. · The tale itself is simple enough: woman of low birth is horribly tested by her noble husband, made to suffer extremely, and eventually, is ...

The noble Walter enjoys his freedom as a bachelor, but his people implore him to marry and beget an heir. He agrees, provided the choice of a wife is entirely ...

The Clerk is a quiet man who must be asked to share a tale. ''The Clerk's Tale'' is a story about Patient Griselda, a woman who marries a king named Walter. To ...

The Clerk's Prologue and Tale. The Host asks the Clerk to cheer up and tell a merry tale, and the Clerk agrees to tell a tale by the Italian poet Petrarch.

The Clerk's Tale. The story takes place in Saluces in Italy. A marquis named Walter lives a happy and worthy life there and has the respect of his subjects.

A marquis marries beautiful low-born Griselde (Griselda) after she agrees to obey his every whim; he then subjects her to a series of cruelties to test her love ...

A marquis named Walter lives a life of leisure in Salucia, beloved by his nobles and the people he rules. One day, however, his nobles come to him with a ...

The Clerk shares a story of a woman named Griselda who is forced to prove her loyalty to her husband through increasingly cruel requests.