What Is The Moral Of The Franklin's Tale

“The Franklin’s Tale” is a tale from the collection of stories in The Canterbury Tales. Chaucer tells the heartwarming story of Dorigen and her love for her husband, Arveragus. The tale is not just an entertaining story, but it teaches the lesson that putting the needs of others before your own not only affects one person but it affects a variety of different people. It demonstrates nobility and kindness which allows the reader to want to be more like the characters in the story. The characters in the story display the fact that kindness gets passed on to others and it begins with a single person. Throughout the story, each character has the opportunity to make selfish decisions and completely ignore how their actions will affect everyone
When Dorigen tells him about the promise she had made to the squire, he has the option to grow in fury and lash out on Dorigen. Alternately, he remains calm and allows Dorigen to follow through with her promise. He says, “Now go at once with Dorigen, Escort her to a place without delay." This is remarkable because it takes Arveragus immense amounts of courage to allow his spouse to cheat on him, even though previously she has made a pact with Aurelius. Arveragus’s actions can also be described as altruistic because he put Dorigen and her needs before his own. Considering Arveragus has authority over Dorigen, he has the capability to not allow her to keep her promise. Instead, he is more concerned about Dorigen keeping her honor, which in return makes him
The magician has the opportunity to be egocentric and keep the money that Aurelius paid him. Considering the magician does not owe Aurelius his money back, it is extremely kind for him to cover his debt. Money is considered to be ‘the root of all evil’ because it can cause a variety of problems. For example, it can ruin relationships between people, but in this story, money brought the the squire and the magician together. This is remarkable because the magical easily could have turned Aurelius away and not given him his money back, but instead he states, “For certainly I'll satisfy the debt.” He puts Aurelius's needs before his own, which is extremely noble and