1064-1107 Flashcards
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-prosepina is clearly not impressed by the learned authorities cited by Pluto
-particularly Solomon who she says has a dubious representation science he turned his back on god later in life and has a reputation fro sexual excess
- she cites the female saints and the roman female martyrs too
- she will never refrain from criticising Solomon for being so critical
- pluto conceded the argument but insists on restring januarys sight
-she agrees to contradict him no more but to provide may woth a ready explanation
“Found us women foole many oon, but though he ne foond no good womman” “ needs moot i speak or elles swelle til my herte breke”
-the voice of prosepina is dramatasised so she sounds less and less like a fairy and suspiciously like the wife of bath
-she too rejected leaner authority in favour of the testimony of experience
- irony lies in the fact that prosepina becomes heated because Solomon accused women of excessive chatting
-which is precisely what she is doing
“ what make ye so much of Solomon? What thou he made a temple, gods house”
-the torrent of rhetorical question represent a hectoring style of argument and her expletives we expremely colourful
“ dame/ be no longer angry”
-Pluto is given the voice of weary husband who will do anything fro a quite life
-the comic affect is achieved by the contrast between style and dramatic circumstances
- on numerous occasions earlier in the tale, the language of religion, scholarship and courtly love is used in the relatively trivial and homely contexts
-whereas here when the tale finally does report on the discourse of supernatural beings they are having a steryotypical domestic squabble
“ and in his elde he verray god forsook” “ he was a lecchour and an idolaster”
“ the Roman geestes eek make remberance of many a verray trewe wyf also” “ what care i for your authorities?”
-authorities like solomon were often cited as having diverted woman’s follies
- proespina challenges these views contrasting his -ve appraisal with examples of virtuous womaen drawn from Christa Martys and roman classic tales
- she asserts the right to speak up fro herself and or women, engaging in an early form of feminist rhetoric writhing a ptriaral framework
- challenging the anti feminists theme
“ needs moot i speak or elles swelle til my herte breke”
- dramatasisted e.g wife of bath
- the hyperbole emphasises the intensity of her emotions
-the exaggeration serves to mock the notion that women should remain silent - disrupting the traditional heiarchies
“ that ye of woman write a butterfly”
-metaphor to be little the accusations against women
- the delicate imagery of a butterfly contrast sharply with the grave moral judgements traditionally imposed on women
