Comedy, Wit and Satire Flashcards
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Prologue: 597
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“Me thoughte he hadde a paire of legges and of feet so clene and faire”
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Prologue: 485
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“Nat of my body, in no foul manere”
Sarcasm? Comic denial, we know this isnt true
2
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Prologue: 604
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“I hadde the prente of seinte Venus seel”
3
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Prologue: 323
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“Of alle men…”
Quotes wrong from Almageste - Is chaucer making fun of her here?
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Prologue:
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“Nether purse”
Wife chooses husband based on scrotum, crude. Chaucer is exploiting the fabilau genre.
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Aers
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“The anti-feminist tradition which Chaicer now satirizes and exposes”
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Prologue: Wife’s beliefs
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Claims God made us to “wexe and multiply” claiming that it is a text she can “well understone”. Irony in using religious texts to support sexual promiscuity.
