The Wife of Bath's Tale: Understanding Human Nature through the Lens of Love and Marriage, Sintesi del corso di Inglese

Scarica The Wife of Bath's Tale: Understanding Human Nature through the Lens of Love and Marriage e più Sintesi del corso in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! The Wife of Bath'’s Tale The Cure to all Love’s IIS Quick Discussion ROERO AM) SRO TO Taba) ethot ®" What is more important faithfulness or beauty? You have to pick one, explain your.choiCe. ®" How far would you go to save yourdilfe? " Do the wealthy live above the law? Explain, ®" Does the class a person comes from make a difference in their character? _Explam. ®" What is the most important facbofim a happy marriage? Frame Narrative/ Envelope structure = Jihe Canterbury Tales by Chaucer: 29 pilgrims on their way. to... ® Fach Tale occurs within The Canterbury Tales ® “The Pardoner's Tale” ® “The Wife of Bath's Tale” " Tale within “Wife of Bath's I RANACo] " Thomas Becket Murdered: 1170 " Time and Place of the Story The Canterbury, Tales Spring time; Sometime after the Murder—some say as early as between 1171-1178; some say much later 1381 " Time and Place of the Tale “The _Wifeof Bath” During the reign of RTS Long before 1170 A Gut È King Arthur AMARE St I VIT a ®" An early Feminist Lee ®* Conflict b/t bookish male “auctoritee” (authority) and_female MSN Sale Knowledge of books Knowledge of the world 48 Overview iii opposed to virginity) n Part 2, the Wife deseribes her married ife n Part 3, the Wife describes her.fimal husband Jankyn and theirsargumetnts over the “Book of Wicked Wives® n the Tale itself, the Wife tells us of a rapis knight who must answer a riddle togSave his ife: What is it that womenamost desine? The Church'’s MECFIRNE s Taito v irgins ® \Vidows who don% remarny ® Married women “It was felt that God must love virgins mostiand that married people came a very poorshfird in his affections.” ALe) a0t=3 01 Animals ®" In the course of her Prologue she seems lo confirm as many stereotypes as she confronts. There's no question at all, though, that she gets your attention. Er ESS Rei authors wrote treatises about-the disadvantages of being married, particularly for menswho hoped'to have careers as scholars and'thmkers. What Men Say About o ritoni ®" Nature has given women so much power that the law cannot attord to give her more. - Samuel Johnson #® No trust is to be placed in women. - Home? ®" A woman, a spaniel, and a Walnut tree, Ihe more they're beaten, the better they be-- Thomas tal tii(24 a i O4: 1A OL a st AO) TO ATO ONTANI with pride her pibrary? —«Benjamin Decasseres GR aio sooner than boys because weeds always grow, up more quickly than crops. - Martin Luther ®" A very little wit is valued in a womati,_asswe are pleased with few words spokerî plam by a parrot. - Jonathan Swift So... what do women want most? = Answer this question again, now iO view/role of women. " Reflect: Why might.men fave viewed women as they did? Do we still see this today? Anticipate 1 ®" What does this tale by Wife of Bath telllus about the Characters mMotiVves? ATO) TICO Question In today's society, where might you find individuals who would agree with the Wife and the philosophy she illustrates with her story? Who might argue against such opinions? Answer this reflection in a 5-7 sentence paragraph.