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Canterbury Tales: The Merchant's Tale
Themes: Deception Religion Lust Paranoia Interacting Gods
Interpretation of Merchant's Tale The merchant's tale's prologue features an opinion from the merchant about the nature of marriage. His attitude is marked by dislike for the sacrament, and he feels that marriage is primarily a detriment to men. His attitude is apparently due to the dislike of his wife. http://www.personal.psu.edu/cjg212/canterbury/merchant1/merchant11.htm
The Merchant
Interpretation of Merchant's Epilogue The Merchant speaks more about his hatred for marriage and how it ends in sorrow for men. The Merchant starts to tell more about his wife, but decides against it because he knows that she will somehow find out that he has been insulting her. ttp://www.novelguide.com/thecanterburytales/summaries/chap33.html
