Franklin

1.  What is the relationship between Dorigen and her husband, Averagus?  What type of marriage do they have?

2.  How does Dorigen come to make her promise to Aurelius?  What does she promise?

3.What is a Franklin?  What is the relationship between teller and tale?

4.How is this tale part of the “marriage group”?  How does it “quit” earlier tales? 

5.What is “gentilesse”?  How is it defined in the Franklin’s tale, the Wife of Bath’s Tale, the lyric by Chaucer?

6.The Franklin asks which of the characters in the story is the most “free” or generous?  (line 1622).  What do you think?  Back up your argument with specific details from the text.