narrowed it down to two that I thought was a cut above the rest. I judged the tales based on its predictability and its overall impact on our moralities. Ultimately I came to the decision between The Wife of Bath’s Tale and The Franklin’s Tale. Compare to the other tales‚ not only do the Franklin’s and the Wife of Bath’s tale have an unexpected twist at the end‚ but also both tales offer exceptionally deep impressions that alter my perspective on marriage. Marriage is an important aspect of our
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The idea of respect and control in marriage in The Wife of Bath prologue and The Book of Margery Kempe. (Rough Draft) The lives of medieval women figures such as Wife of Bath and Margery Kempe gives us a great knowledge about the marriage life in that time. These women gave us an insight in their lives and we were able to know more about their marriages and how they were the same yet very different as we will further see. The Wife of Bath‚ a strong woman who have been married five times tell
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dies‚ the man takes the responsibility over. Society assumed the daughter is emotionally unstable and in need of assistance. In Hamlet‚ Ophelia is parallel to Hamlet in the events that occur‚ showing that death is an equalizer of even the deepest misogyny. Laertes and Polonius control Ophelia’s actions. Laertes says to Ophelia‚ “Or lose your heart or your chaste treasure open/ To his unmastered importunity./ Fear it Ophelia; fear it‚ my dear sister” (I.ii.35-37). When faced with the dilemma surrounding
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accuser because of misogyny that promoted men’s superiority‚ thus degrading women’s social and economic standing in society and encouraging the idea of women’s inferiority. During the time of the Salem Witch Trials‚ people did not have the knowledge to explain certain strange events that occurred in their lives. There was not enough scientific research to explain to the people of Salem about unexplainable and strange events. Women became the target of the accused because of misogyny that led to their
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Misogyny in art dates back further‚ from Marvell‚ to Giovanni Boccaccio in his 14th century book‚ The Decameron. Boccaccio commences his book by generalizing women in the statement: “Whenever‚ fairest ladies‚ I pause to consider how compassionate you all are by nature‚ I invariably become aware that the present work will seem to you to possess an irksome and ponderous opening” (Boccaccio 4). He continues on to warn women to brace themselves‚ for his stories may be perceived as gruesome. In doing
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Shakespeare incorporates several different‚ reoccurring themes throughout his well-known play Hamlet. Misogyny‚ the hatred of women‚ is one of these themes. The only two female characters‚ both of significant importance are mistreated and disrespected by several male characters. Queen Gertrude is mostly under attack from Hamlet and Ophelia is mostly controlled by Polonius. However‚ Ophelia does receive ill-treatment from her brothers Laertes and Hamlet‚ as well as her own father‚ Polonius. All
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witchcraft. According to the author‚ Carol Karlsen‚ the craze of the Salem Witch trials was brought about by an underlying sense of misogyny within the Puritan faith. The relationships within the Puritans’ ideal family unit were a parallel to God’s relationship to His creations; the head of the household‚ the man‚ ruled over the family and governed his subjects‚ his wife‚ children‚ and servants‚ just as God governed his own subjects. In effect‚ this analogy
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Softened Misogyny Joni M. James Analysis Paper 4 MCCNM 235‚ Professor Steffen November 11‚ 2010 Softened Misogyny Papa Loved Mama – Lyrics Verse 1: Papa drove a truck nearly all his life You know it drove Mama crazy being a trucker’s wife The part she couldn’t handle was the being alone I guess she needed more to hold than just a telephone Papa called Mama each and every night Just to ask her how she was and if
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behaved and the features which made them different from the rest of the women of their societies. I will make a comparison between the tales they belong to‚ the settlements‚ the contemporary society and the way they were supposed to behave. The Wife of Bath’s tale shows a very peculiar female character whose name is Alisoun. Her actions seem to be a rebellion against the male-domination inside the medieval society‚ but actually‚ not all of her acts meant to be revolutionary or intended to empower
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Medieval Period‚ women just like the Wife of Bath in Chauncer’s readings were expected to act inferior to their male counterpart. The Wife of Bath’s Prologue can definitely be interpreted as an ironic illustration of this literature. I think this is an ironic illustration of this literature because the Wife of Bath represents the negative stereotypes of women in the medieval period being irrational‚ material‚ and earthly that she sought to critique. The Wife of Bath felt that exceptions should be made
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