Both scholars view Malyne as property belonging to his father, Symkyn. Therefore, it is this assumption that convinces Aleyn to take what is owed to him after Symkyn steals their grain: "Our corn is stolen, sothly, it's no, / … / And I don't need of amendment / Agayn my loss, I will have esement” (4183-4186). This assumed physical ownership is now an unofficial legal transaction that allows Aleyn to easily rationalize her strength by taking Malyne's body. Tamarah Kohaanski elaborates: "Explorations of how Chaucer gives depth and a degree of individualism to his characters tend to speak of her [Malyne] only in passive terms: not as a character with her own attributes." , but as the object of the other characters' actions. or concerns” (228). If Malyne was not considered Symkyn's property, Aleyn's decision might have been different. But researchers are not the only ones to consider Malyne as a property. His grandfather, the town pastor, controls his future: “For the purpose of having his heir hired, / Bothe of his catel and his mesuage, / And straunge he made of his marriage” (Chaucer 3978-3980 ). Malyne has no say in the choice of her marriage since her grandfather makes the decisions for her, dictating the path her future will take. These two distinct situations show how Malyne does not control her own life and has no voice, further proving that in the eyes of the men in the story, she is the property of a