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The Wife of Bath’s Tale

The Wife of Bath’s Tale. What do women want most? The Cure to all Love’s Ills. What do women want most? Write the best response you got as you tell us the answer and age. How does answering this question help us understand human nature?.

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The Wife of Bath’s Tale

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  1. The Wife of Bath’s Tale What do women want most? The Cure to all Love’s Ills

  2. What do women want most? Write the best response you got as you tell us the answer and age

  3. How does answering this question help us understand human nature? Write your answer on a separate sheet, but leave space to revisit it later!

  4. Frame Narrative/ Envelope structure • The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer: 29 pilgrims on their way to… • Each Tale occurs within The Canterbury Tales • “The Pardoner’s Tale” • “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” • Tale within “Wife of Bath’s Tale”

  5. Setting • 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 1171-1173; some say much later 1381 • Time and Place of the Tale “The Wife of Bath” • During the reign of legend King Arthur • Long before 1170

  6. Wife of Bath • An early Feminist • Church’s anti-feminine tendencies • Conflict b/t bookish male “auctoritee” (authority) and female “experience” • Knowledge of books • Knowledge of the world

  7. “Expert Wife” • Final husband, Johnny, finally learned what women want most • Knight demonstrates this idea

  8. Frame Narrative/ Envelope structure • The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer: 29 pilgrims on their way to… • Each Tale occurs within The Canterbury Tales • “The Pardoner’s Tale” • “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” • Tale within “Wife of Bath’s Tale”: • King Midas

  9. So…what do women want most? • To be master over her husband or lover

  10. How does the Knight learn this lesson? • Let’s her choose what form to take

  11. Reflect 1 • How does this tale reflect what we know of the wife of bath?

  12. Anticipate 1 • What does this tale by Wife of Bath tell us about the Character’s motives? • What do women want most? • To be master over her husband or lover

  13. Wife of Bath Reflection 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.

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