Can an Immoral Storyteller tell a Moral Tale? Geoffery Chaucer has gone into such depth to describe the characters in Canterbury Tales. He focuses on their immoral character‚ physical appearance‚ and their main purpose. Many of Chaucer’s stories parallel with each other acknowledging the sinful nature of the characters. The comparison of the three stories “Miller’s Tale‚ Pardoner’s Tale‚ and The Wife of Bath Tale”‚ will show how immoral can sometimes bring moral values into a person’s life. Immorality
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Among unequals what society Can sort‚ what harmony or true delight? Milton‚ Paradise Lost‚ VIII‚ ll. 383-4 GEOFFREY CHAUCER AND THE WIFE OF BATH´S TALE Chaucer begins the tale by exploring the institution of marriage‚through the character of the Wife who starts by making an statement of authority‚ her own experience on marriage. In order to show her experience in relationships she states that three of her husbands were old and rich and two of them‚ young and wild. Marriage
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Canterbury Tales‚ by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ the narrator introduces many characters in “The Prologue.” Twenty-nine strangers embark on a pilgrimage to Canterbury‚ one of them being the Wife of Bath. In “The General Prologue”‚ “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue”‚ and “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”‚ the Wife of Bath is described in a very critical‚ yet amusing way. In “The General Prologue” the narrator introduces the characters in order of who he likes the best‚ to who he likes the least. The Wife of Bath is in the
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Wife of Bath In the poem “The Canterbury Tales‚” the Wife of Bath had five husbands. She liked the first four husbands because they were old and rich . The last husband was very abusive to her. She thinks marriage is pain and misery. She was a very wealthy weaver. The Wife of Bath was a pretty large women. Her complaints about husbands is “husbands complaining about wives‚ but it is their own fault.” Husbands don’t trust their wives‚ they think wives try to make their lives miserable. She likes
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The Canterbury Tales: Wife of Bath In the Hollywood blockbuster Basic Instinct‚ Sharon Stone plays a devious‚ manipulative‚ sex-driven woman who gets whatever she wants through her ploys for control. Stone’s portrayal of this character is unforgettable and makes the movie. In book or film‚ the most memorable female characters are those who break out of the stereotypical "good wife" mold. When an author or actress uses this technique effectively‚ the woman often carries the story. In Geoffrey
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The Canterbury Tales‚ the Wife of Bath represents a nontraditional role for women of that time. A woman’s role customarily did not include a voice in society‚ religion‚ or government. The Wife of Bath’s history includes five marriages‚ numerous lovers‚ and three trips to Jerusalem. The Wife of Bath’s character steps outside tradition in both the physical and the psychological aspects‚ emerges as a heroine for women‚ but surfaces as a villain for men. Physically‚ the Wife of Bath may have grown unattractive
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Canterbury Tales‚ a collection of tales told by pilgrims‚ Geoffrey Chaucer presents a predominantly a patriarchal society during the Middle Ages. “The Wife of Bath Tale” is satiric and shows the power the Wife has. He satirizes this patriarchal society though his characterization of the Wife of Bath. The narrator describes her as a woman of means who has been married five times. The theme in her characterization and her stories ironically shows that women do have power. The feminist tale begins with
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ideas and theories which the Wife of Bath provides in her prologue demonstrate many of the same ideas and theories displayed in her tale. Although in her tale there are a few idealistic changes. In both the prologue and the tale‚ women start off as empowered beings. At the end of the prologue the Wife of Bath ends up being in a demeaning position yet the end of the tale may be interpreted in two ways. One of the first points brought up in both the prologue and tale is the idea that sex is meant
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voice that tells the story to the reader. The narrator often reveals his or her own personality through the telling of the story. In her tale‚ the Wife of Bath offers her views on certain topics. Summarize each plot event in the chart then explain what each reveals about the narrator’s beliefs. Plot Event Narrator’s Beliefs About… (Lines 10-15): Wife of Bath discourages Pardoner from getting married because of her hardships in married life Marriage: (47-56): Describes the role of friars in the
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The Wife of Bath’s Tale History of Classic English Literature Canterbury Tales Paper In the tale of Wife of Bath‚ Chaucer has well depicted the role of women in the middle age period. This poem was instructive and pleasing because although most women were viewed and treated as objects rather than being respected by men‚ Chaucer shows another viewpoint through the Wife of Bath‚ a feminist view that was seldom seen during the time. The Wife of Bath is unlike any other female character during
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