OCR A Level English Literature Learner Resource 3

Damyan corresponds in some ways to the courtly love suitor, in love with another man’s wife. He is sick with love for the woman, pines away and can only be cured if she returns his love. Once May takes notice of Damyan in The Merchant’s Tale, he is up, about and chirpy. May, similarly, follows the template of the heroine of courtly love. ................
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