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Walter keeps his word. Griselda's father is cared for (by servants, of course) until he dies. Meanwhile, Griselda bears Walter a daughter.
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Griselda accepts the bargain, and the peasant girl marries the prince. His counselors appear to be satisfied.
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... he will make sure that her father gets the best of care for the rest of his life. Romantic, huh?
10:02 PM Nov 23rd
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Walter strikes a bargain with Griselda: if she will marry him, ...
10:01 PM Nov 23rd
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He finds a beautiful young woman named Griselda, who is struggling to care for her dying father.
10:02 PM Nov 22nd
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Walter simply goes out looking for a bride--just looking, not getting to know any women.
10:01 PM Nov 22nd
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When a prince named Walter refuses to marry, his counselors insist that he do so in order to give his country an heir.
10:03 PM Nov 21st
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The story of "Patient Griselda" was so popular that Chaucer included it in his Canterbury Tales. Modern readers find it a horror story.
10:02 PM Nov 21st
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The Cinderella story--the most popular fairy tale of the 19th and 20th centuries--was very, very different in medieval times.
10:01 PM Nov 21st
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Sometimes the god does care, though, as in the story of Cupid and Psyche. Still, the relationship is doomed.
10:02 PM Nov 20th
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In these very early stories, the human is simply used by one of the gods, and then punished for that god's tresspass!
10:01 PM Nov 20th
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7:32 AM Nov 20th
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7:29 AM Nov 20th
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Often the god--especially Zeus--doesn't love the human, but merely lusts after her. She feels no attraction for him at all.
10:02 PM Nov 19th
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Superbeings and ordinary beings mingle in Greek myths, but notice what always happens in those stories: the human suffers.
10:01 PM Nov 19th
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I've just posted this week's blog, about India's middle class.
9:47 AM Nov 19th
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They certainly never married.
10:02 PM Nov 18th
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The world has changed. Throughout history before the renaissance, different classes of people did not live or work together.
10:01 PM Nov 18th
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In classic literature, if a superhero (supernatural being) became human in any way (usually by falling in love), the result was tragedy.
10:02 PM Nov 17th
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Interestingly, this romance variation of the superhero finds happiness by becoming human. It's a modern archetype.
10:01 PM Nov 17th
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- Bio NewYorkTimes bestselling author offers daily tips on novel and short story writing.
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