Wife of Bath Flashcards
Euphemisms for sex
Li 28, 38
Women as objects
She does not conform to social norms
Jesus did not tell us to do everything he did
Li 100
Wife’s domination over man
Manipulation of Auctoritee
Li 160
Pardoners interruption
Representation of the medieval church
Li 163 – 187
The exact description of Theofrastus on women’s desires
Li 256
Quente`
Li 330
Curtain Lecture
Exchange of money for flesh
Direct relationship between sex and materialism
Hawks image – men driven by carnal instincts
Li 407 – Delit
Iambic pentameter Heroic couplet Sensual imagery Likerous repetition Ryhme stresses words ‘revelour’ partier and ‘paramour’ mistress Polysyndeton
Li 450 - 468
Digression The flower is gone - aging 1st person possessive Violent sound imagery onomatopoeia Roote
Li 469
Had me bete on every bone
Male violence at the heart of all marriage
Li 511
No control over identity
Wife does not conform to this
Sibilance Sexuality
Li 600-625
Who peynede the leon
Clerkes with no experience
Start of Wife’s Tale
Contrast to courtly love
Wife’s voice and Chaucer’s heard in social criticisms
Subconscious presentation of the Wife’s suffering
Li 691
Some seyde women love….
Li 919
Huge curtain lecture for social commentary
Gentelesse is not connected to status or money
Li 1147
Old and loyal vs young and promiscuous
Theofrastus
Li 1220
