... his characterization of the nature of sex. For example, the mere surplus of sexually deviant characters emphasizes in itself the absurdity of society's antithetical views of sex. This abandonment of sex's sacredness appears in both male and female characters. Typically, in the extramarital affairs in The Canterbury Tales "the woman is invariably the strayer" (Haskell, 9). Obvious examples of this include the ... wives in both the Miller and Reeve's tales. Men are continuously made "cokwolds" by their wives" failures to uphold the tradition of monogamy ... both the romantic and dogmatic p...

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