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Fairy Tale Romance

 

            
             Courtly love is a fairy tale idea displayed during the medieval times. It was an idealized sort of relationship that could not exist within the context of "real life." The lady in the courtly love relationship was typically older, married and of higher social status than the knight, and she was the focus of the young, unmarried knights' desire. A knight's love for the lady inspired him to do great deeds, in order to be worthy of her love or to win her favor. The courtly love relationship may have been invented in part to provide these young men with a model for appropriate behavior. It taught them to form their energy into love service rather than wandering around the countryside, stealing or raping women.
             The movie, "The Knight's Tale" is a strong example of courtly love. It takes place during Medieval Europe. Joselyn is the object of Sir Ulrich's affection. He would do anything to attain her love, or to show his love to her. Joselyn believes it is harder to lose in the joust competition because to lose means to sacrifice pride. If Sir Ulrich loses the fight, Jocelyn will know that he loves her. A major rule of courtly love is that a knight's love for the lady inspires him to do great deeds and win her favor, so obviously, Sir Ulrich loses and Joselyn knows that he loves her. "The Knight's Tale" also displays courtly love because the lady is of higher social status than the knight is. Joselyn is of noble blood, but Sir Ulrich is a commoner, the son of a thatcher. .
             In Geoffrey Chaucer's, The Canterbury Tales the "Wife of Bath's" tale exhibits courtly love in more of a female's perspective. The Wife is definitely a person who has been around because she has had five husbands. She is a worldly person who has experienced the world through love and sex. The Wife is a talented woman of high social status. Her current husband, Bath is fighting for a place among the great European exporters of cloth in order to help his Wife, the seamstress.


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