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A 3 page essay that examines Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, which can be regarded as a study on the nature of courtly love. Having set up the narrative of the two lovers as a prime example of courtly love in books 1 through 3, the betrayal of Troilus, a Trojan prince, by his beloved lady, the fair Criseyde, must have come as something of a shock to Chaucer's medieval audience. However, Chaucer prepares the reader for this outcome by meticulously describing the seduction tactics to which she is subjected by the handsome Greek soldier, Diomede. Chaucer's portrayal of Diomede is crucial to the believability of Criseyde's actions and subsequent betrayal. No additional sources cited.
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3, the betrayal of Troilus, a Trojan prince, by his beloved lady, the fair Criseyde, must have come as something of a shock to Chaucers medieval audience. However, Chaucer prepares
the reader for this outcome by meticulously describing the seduction tactics to which she is subjected by the handsome Greek soldier, Diomede. Chaucers portrayal of Diomede is crucial to the
believability of Criseydes actions and subsequent betrayal. Chaucers characterization of Diomede begins as the young man leads Criseyde from the prisoner exchange to the Greek camp and her father.
He reasons that the lover for whom Criseyde grieves will not be easily displaced from her thoughts. Chaucer pictures him as shrewd and calculating in his speech, as he writes,
"In due season Diomed, knowing well what he was doing, began to engage in speech of this and that, asked why she was in such distress..." (Chaucer). Diomede is pictured
as empathetic, solicitous and understanding of the plethora of emotions assailing Criseyde at being parted from the man she loves. At first,
he proposes that his friendship will be "as your brother," and he pleads with her not to "scorn" his friendship, even though her "sorrow may be for some great matter"
(Chaucer). Nevertheless, he soon speaks to her of love and pledges his faithfulness. In the privacy of his own thoughts, Chaucer relates that Diomede thinks of Criseyde in terms of
conquest. Eventually, he persuades Criseyde to see Troy as doomed and to look to the Greeks for her happiness and she gives him tokens of love, and the sight of
these tokens in battle shows Troilus that he has been replaced in her heart. Yet Chaucer also relates that Criseyde also felt regret and lamented over being false to Troilus
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