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The Squire's Tale: Franklin
The Squire's tale ends two lines into its third section, and
following this abrupt termination is the "wordes of the Frankeleyn to the
Squier." The Franklin praises the young Squire's attempt at a courtly
romance and says that he wishes his own son was more like the Squire. This
is followed by the "wordes of t ....
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.... Franklin was a member of Parliament and a
feudal landholder (Clark 161). Both were positions in higher society in
which he would be familiar with gentility and also be expected to follow it.
However, interrupting someone in the middle of his speech would be
something a person with gentillesse would be hesitant to do. The arguments
that the Franklin's actions were rescuing the Squire from an "awkward
predicament" (Specht 154) in which his tale was threatening to go on far
too long point out that in such a scenario the Franklin's actions would be
a "masterpiece of tact" (Spearin ....
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