The Merchant's Tale

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Merchant%27s_Tale
GPTKB entity
Statements (39)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:poet
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Geoffrey_Chaucer
gptkb:The_Kelmscott_Press_edition_of_The_Works_of_Geoffrey_Chaucer
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:theatre
gptkb:opera
gptkb:film
gptkbp:author gptkb:Geoffrey_Chaucer
gptkbp:character gptkb:May
gptkb:Justin
gptkb:Placebo
January
Damyan
gptkbp:critical_reception Positive
Scholarly Analysis
gptkbp:genre gptkb:poet
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Merchant's Tale
gptkbp:influence gptkb:theatre
gptkb:literary_work
gptkb:artwork
gptkbp:language Middle English
gptkbp:literary_devices gptkb:Symbolism
gptkb:mythological_figure
Irony
gptkbp:motif gptkb:Blindness
Infidelity
Foolishness
gptkbp:narrative_style First-person
gptkbp:notable_quote " For she was wild and yet not wild, I trowe."
" Love is blind, and it is a fool's game."
" The fruit of his labor was a bitter fruit."
" The more I see, the less I know."
" What is love but a game of chance?"
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:The_Canterbury_Tales
gptkbp:published_by The 14th century
gptkbp:setting Medieval England
gptkbp:theme gptkb:award
gptkb:Deception
gptkb:Wealth