The Physician's Tale
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The Physician's Tale is one of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, a moral narrative about virtue, corruption, and unjust authority centered on a judge’s attempt to possess a noble knight’s daughter.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canterbury Tale
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Middle English narrative poem ⓘ moral tale ⓘ |
| adaptedFrom | classical Roman historiography ⓘ |
| addresses |
corrupt judges
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parental duty ⓘ social injustice ⓘ |
| antagonist | Appius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Geoffrey Chaucer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterAppius | represents judicial tyranny ⓘ |
| characterVirginia | represents idealized female virtue ⓘ |
| characterVirginius | represents conflicted paternal authority ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
honor killing to preserve chastity
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virtuous maiden threatened by lustful authority figure ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| firstPublicationLanguage | Middle English ⓘ |
| form | rhymed couplets ⓘ |
| frameNarrativeContext | pilgrimage to Canterbury ⓘ |
| frameSpeakerOccupation | physician ⓘ |
| genre |
exemplum
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moral narrative ⓘ |
| includedIn | most modern editions of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| literaryInfluence | later discussions of judicial corruption in Chaucer criticism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | medieval exemplum tradition ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Appius
NERFINISHED
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Claudius NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moralFocus |
condemnation of judicial corruption
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praise of female virtue ⓘ |
| narratorWithinFrame | The Physician NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | The Canterbury Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInCanterburyTales | one of the later tales in the fragmentary order ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Virginia
NERFINISHED
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Virginius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| source |
Livy
NERFINISHED
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Roman legend of Verginia ⓘ |
| theme |
abuse of authority
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chastity ⓘ corruption ⓘ justice ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ virtue ⓘ |
| verseForm | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
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