The people in town wished he would marry and he complied by marrying a woman named Griselde, but wanted to put her through a series of tests, such as killing two of her newly born children, to prove that she truly loved him. In the end, Griselde overcame his cruel tests after he asked to marry another and she replied with such an answer he was looking for. Chaucer's view on marriage in the Clerk's Tale is that men in the relationship should have the dominant power over their wife and that all wives must obey their husbands, but not all have to go through what Griselde necessarily had to deal with. Walter had complete control over Griselde and she never objected to it or said anything and this was the sense of male dominance that Chaucer was trying to
The people in town wished he would marry and he complied by marrying a woman named Griselde, but wanted to put her through a series of tests, such as killing two of her newly born children, to prove that she truly loved him. In the end, Griselde overcame his cruel tests after he asked to marry another and she replied with such an answer he was looking for. Chaucer's view on marriage in the Clerk's Tale is that men in the relationship should have the dominant power over their wife and that all wives must obey their husbands, but not all have to go through what Griselde necessarily had to deal with. Walter had complete control over Griselde and she never objected to it or said anything and this was the sense of male dominance that Chaucer was trying to