The Legend of Good Women (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Mythic
- Time of Work: Indeterminate
- Setting: Indeterminate
- Genres: Poetry, Narrative poetry, Palinode
- Subjects: Love or romance, Dreams, Flowers, Women, Kings, queens, or royalty, Legends, Greek or Roman times
Characters Discussed
Chaucer (CHAW-sur), a dreamer. In a vision, he is denounced by Cupid for heresy against the laws of love for writing and translating disparaging remarks about womankind.
Cupid, the god of love. In a dream, he accuses Chaucer, the dreamer, of heresy against love’s laws.
Alceste (al-SEHST), the wife of Admetus and the companion of Cupid in Chaucer’s dream. She suggests that Chaucer win Cupid’s forgiveness by writing a legend of wives and maidens forever true in love.
Cleopatra (klee-oh-PA-truh), the queen of Egypt, whose love of...
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