Through The Looking Glass Feminist Analysis

The general idea shown within the works “The Canterbury Tales”, “Othello” and “Through the Looking Glass” in reference to women is that they are being portrayed as if they not meant to hold positions in control. They are seen in most of these stories as weak, unintelligent, uninformed and illogical. Also, tying into these qualities, within some cases, the female characters are seen unable to make decisions or face them. Most of the authors of that wrote these works portrayed these characters in this certain way to rectify or point out a woman’s position in society. Inside of “The Canterbury Tales”, Chaucer portrays women with attributes that would have been seen as negative qualities within Medieval time period but he does this in such a
These women usually knew their place, they were expected to only have a certain role within the town. They were to support the families, work the farm and land, and primarily were only able to have jobs that required making clothes or something of that sort, such as a seamstress. Also, They could do the exact same job as a man would, but would be paid entirely less. (Medieval Women - History Learning Site) Chaucer portrays the women inside of “The Canterbury Tales” in a contrasting way inside of his stories that leads us into a distraught manner, maybe even confused about where he stands, but does so showing us that he supports women as he almost secretly points out the problems he is seeing throughout where he lives. Within this story, there is a frame story where travelers are heading to Canterbury. As they go about their journey, they tell some stories of their own. The Wife of Bath as a character herself, is shown as more of a confident woman, yet within the story she has been married many times to older men. She begins with a story that includes a Knight, someone to be held of