Franklin
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Franklin is a wealthy, hospitable landowner and one of the storytellers in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, known for his focus on gentility and marital harmony.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Franklin canonical | 3 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
landowner ⓘ pilgrim in The Canterbury Tales ⓘ storyteller ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
courtesy
ⓘ
freedom in marriage ⓘ gentility ⓘ honor ⓘ marital fidelity ⓘ mutual consent in marriage ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
The Host
ⓘ
other Canterbury pilgrims ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
concerned with gentility
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concerned with marital harmony ⓘ generous ⓘ hospitable ⓘ |
| createdBy | Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ |
| describedAs | lover of good food and drink ⓘ |
| describedIn | The General Prologue ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The General Prologue
ⓘ
surface form:
The General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
|
| focusOfTale |
Arveragus and Dorigen’s marriage
ⓘ
promise and obligation ⓘ |
| journeysTo | Canterbury ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Middle English ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
representation of rural gentry
ⓘ
vehicle for discussion of ideal marriage ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| medium | poetry ⓘ |
| moralEmphasis |
keeping one’s word
ⓘ
mutual respect between spouses ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
prologue speaker
ⓘ
tale narrator ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| occupation | landowner ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Christian pilgrimage ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | medieval England ⓘ |
| socialClass | gentry ⓘ |
| socialStatus | freeholder ⓘ |
| taleGenre | Breton lai ⓘ |
| tellsTale |
The Franklin's Tale
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surface form:
The Franklin’s Tale
|
| wealthStatus | wealthy ⓘ |
| workForm | frame narrative ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.