al cost, and the contagious influence of a noble deed passion from knight, to squire, to clerk (Rowland, 278 ).” The wife’s husband leave overseas and she is left alone with a lot to temtation from a lover. The wife stare out into the ocean everyday and wonders about her lord. She sees these black sharp rocks in the ocean and asks why are these here? She worries about the black rock for if her lord returns home he might not see the rocks and crash into them. Aurelius , who has loved her for years appears and asks her to become his ladylove. Dorigen says that she has every intention of being completely faithful wife. She said to Aurelius if you remove every black sharp rock out in the ocean she would be his. Aurelius becomes sick and stays in bed for 2 years. Aurelius goes to higher medieval people to help him remove the rocks from the ocean. Even thought Averagus has returned from overseas, and he they live in perfect felicity. Well Aurelius ends up making all the rocks disappear and he goes back and asks her again will she be his lady. She has to go to her husband and confirm what she had done and he said since she has given her word she must keep it, but she is to tell nobody. She then goes back to Aurlius and tells him yes he is overwhelmed by Arveragus’s generous behavior he releases Dorigen form her compact. She then turns to her husband and they live happily ever after. In this tale the idea that you have to choose your own destiny. That real love has to be chosen. She also states, that if you have chooses you have consequences that go along with it. Compared to the Wife of Baths Tale the wife was more faithful and honest. The moral of the story was to be faithful and honest to one another and you will have a wonderful marriage. So in conclusion, both tales “ The Wife of Bath’s Tale” and “Franklin’s Tale” focused on the ideal of marriage in two different...
