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The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales. The Merchant’s Tale. Merchants in the Middle Ages. Merchants in the middle ages were business people. The clergy convinced the community that merchant activities, banking and trading, were evil and against God’s will. The Merchant.

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The Canterbury Tales

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  1. The Canterbury Tales The Merchant’s Tale

  2. Merchants in the Middle Ages • Merchants in the middle ages were business people. • The clergy convinced the community that merchant activities, banking and trading, were evil and against God’s will.

  3. The Merchant • The Merchant was part of a powerful and wealthy society, he was trading furs and other clothes from Flanders.

  4. The Merchant’s Tale • The Merchant tells a story about an wealthy, old knight that marries a young beautiful girl.

  5. The Merchant’s Tale • Januarie decides that it’s time to get marry and have a child. • He chooses May spontaneously after telling his friends to go look for a wife for him.

  6. The Merchant’s Tale • A young squire, Damian ,falls in love with May and he writes her a letter to confess his love. • May responds to his letter and reciprocates her attraction, while her old husband was going blind.

  7. The Merchant’s Tale • May plots to meet Damian in a pear tree. • Two Gods are watching the adultery and they decide to give Januarie his sight back, but also give May the ability to excuse herself easily.

  8. The Moral • The moral of the story is “love is blind” and it shows us the evil of a spontaneously and false marriage.

  9. Reference List • Merchants in the middle ages http://www.thefinertimes.com/Middle-Ages/merchants-in-the-middle-ages.html • The Merchant http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/canterbury/characters.html • The Merchant’s Tale http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/c/the-canterbury-tales/summary-and-analysis/the-merchants-prologue-and-tale

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