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Feminist Analysis of the Prologue and Tale of the Wife of Bath Inspired by Elaine Tuttle Hansens Of his love daungerous to me Liberation Subversion and Domestic Violence in the Wife of Baths Prologue and Tale ID: 734212

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Entering the Conversation: A Feminist Analysis of the Prologue and Tale of the Wife of Bath

Inspired by Elaine Tuttle Hansen’s “’Of his love

daungerous

to me’: Liberation, Subversion, and Domestic Violence in the Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale”Slide2

Introductory Question3-minute Quickwrite

Based on how he presents her in both her prologue and tale, does Chaucer appear to intend for his audience (of predominantly men) to deplore the Wife of Bath’s behavior or find it amusing?Slide3

Process for Each StatementFor each statement presented, you and your group will have three (3) minutes to:

Devise a response to the statement affirming or negating it.

Provide evidence for your support or refutation of the statement.

Prepare to discuss and evaluate these statements as a class.Slide4

Statement #1The Wife of Bath presents an authentic, psychologically believable female voice.Slide5

Statement #2The Wife of Bath is a liberated woman.Slide6

Statement #3The Wife of Bath ultimately endorses misogynistic views of women.Slide7

Statement #4The Prologue and Tale normalizes or at least makes somewhat acceptable violence (physical or otherwise) against women.Slide8

Statement #5The Prologue and Tale truly reveal that what women want is power and control.Slide9

Let’s return to that initial question…Based on how he presents her in both her prologue and tale, does Chaucer appear to intend for his audience (of predominantly men) to deplore the Wife of Bath’s behavior or find it amusing?Slide10

Wife of Bath final discussion questions

General Prologue and Wife of Bath’s Prologue

Consider

the metaphors of the cups and the bread (in the prologue). How does she use these metaphors to justify her behavior?

How does the

Wife’s

view of love (as presented in the prologue) contrast with the courtly love with which we are familiar

?

Tale

How do the romantic elements in this Breton lay contrast with what we’re accustomed to seeing in a medieval romance?

How is this tale also an exemplum?

How are women portrayed in contrast to men, both in the prologue and the tale?

How

is the tale itself related to the prologue which precedes it? Slide11

The PardonerThe Pardoner’s Prologue

How does Chaucer portray the Pardoner?

What societal critique does this reveal?

The Pardoner’s Tale

What is the genre? How do you know?

What does the tale reveal about society?

How does the prologue affect our view of the tale itself?Slide12

Create this chart

Section

Genre(s)

Elements

of satire

Critique of society/religion

Important Lines

General

Prologue

Wife of Bath’s Prologue

Wife of Bath’s Tale

Pardoner’s Prologue

Pardoner’s Tale