Dec 26, 2009

The Legend of Good Women | The Legend of Good Women

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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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The Legend of Good Women | The Legend of Good Women

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