Dorigen is the main character of Chaucer's Tale of Franklin and yet he manages to make her seem weak and melodramatic while still allowing the tale to revolve around her. Dorigen is shown as having a weak character and Chaucer lets his disdain show several times as he obviously feels contempt for Dorgien's excessive display of emotions. His opinion of Dorigen is unbalanced and biased as it shows her in a light in which the reader cannot help but dislike her. Several times Chaucer makes comments that not only undermine Dorgen but also reflect on the entire female race, such as "how these noble wives do when they please." And then she goes on to say that with her husband, Arveragus lives so that she "morning, wakes, groans, fasts, plaienth." This shows how he feels that she is only showing this display of emotions because she feels that is what she should do. The way he writes shows that he doubts the sincerity of his emotions and believes it is rather superficial. However, in contrast to this, Dorigen seems like a stronger character where Chaucer writes about the courtship between her and Arveragus as he says ""she thanked him and very humbly said "...you propose to me to have so great a kingdom" since here Chaucer writes like Franklin, but some of his views shine through. Chaucer seems to be very cynical about Dorgien's genuineness, but strangely for the time in which it was written Chaucer seems to believe in equal relationships. “Be obedient and follow his will in everything as any lover of his lady does” this shows that he feels their relationship should be equal and yet this doesn't seem to fit his views on Dorgien at all. Although the final statement is generalizing "as every lover to his lady", the reference is specific when applying to Dorgien and Arveragus. Chaucer may be trying to apply himself to everyone, but he still seems to doubt Dorgien's emotions when Arveragus leaves, but believes she loves him - or loves the prospect of marriage instead? Because the way she speaks suggests that in her cynicism she believes Dorigen does not love Arveragus but instead loves the prospect of marriage and security, which implies that she believes her incapable of living alone..