women Flashcards
‘ s - - s - - - n - - p - - - - t - - - - - y - - - , c - - - - - - ‘
‘she shal nat passe twenty yeer, certain;’
age limits on his wife, she should be under 20
‘ o - - - f - - - - a - - y - - - f - - - - - w - - - - i h - - - f - - f - - - ‘
‘oold fish and yong flessh wolde i have ful fain’
animalistic imagery containing food encapsulating his sensual and physical desires when describing women as food
‘ r - - - - as m - - m - - w - - - w - - w - - - h - - - - - p - - - ‘
‘right as men may warm wex with handes plye’
women are malleable and mouldable to your desired shape. demonstrates power and control. misogynistic
‘ s - - is a s - - - - - at a - - ‘
‘ she is a shrewe at all’
merchant complaining about women, misogynistic
‘ i h - - - - s - - - - m - - - - - - - - - t - - - i in h - - - ne k - - - - h - - no p - - - - - - - - t - - - - - s - - - - - i l - - - my l - - in a - - - - - - - a - - go s - - - - - - - to t - - d - - - - w - - - i d - - ‘
‘i hadde swich mischaunce, that i in hire ne koude han no plesaunce, thanne sholde i lede my lyf in avoutrye, and go streight to the devel, whan i die’
misogynistic, her function is to fulfil his needs, treating women like property.
‘ n - - - - - of w - - - - - m - - - a r - - - - ‘
‘namely of wommen many a route’
clumping women together, his faithful and humble wife known by neighbours
‘as w - - - - t - - - - a m - - - - - , p - - - - - - - - b - - - - - , a - - s - - - - it in a c - - - - - - m - - - - - p - - - - ‘
‘ as whoso tooke a mirour, polisshed bright, and sette it in a commune market place’
voyeuristic and creepy, communal image of fantasies teeming with people and pretty women and local town women.
‘ s - - - - - - - a - - h - - - b - - - - - - - - - - / p - - - - g - - - - - - - v - - - h - - - s - - / b - - - - - - e - - - - - a - - g - - - ‘
‘sadnesse and hire beningnitee / peple grettest voys hath she / bitwixe ernest and game’
he wantsa virtuous woman - beauty, grace, kindness, seriousness, goodness. passion over wondering. women are object of gossip,
‘ h - - f - - - - - - b - - - - - - / a - - t - - - - - / m - - - - - s - - - / a - - - - l - - - - a - - s - - - - - - - / w - - - g - - - - - - - - - - / g - - - - - - - - - / w - - - - - - - b - - - - - - / s - - - - - - -‘
‘Hir fresshe beautee / age tendre / myddel smal / armes longe and sklendre / wise governaunce / gentillesse / wommanly berynge / sadnesse’
tales of marriage, nobility of her behaviour, very detailed depictions
‘his fresshe may, his paradis, his make.’
‘h - - f - - - - - - m - - , h - - p - - - - - - , h - - m - - - ‘
animalistic calling her his mate. she is fresh and ripe relating to fertility and spring. ironic shes clean and hes not and repetition, possession.
‘m - - t - - - - - - - in h - - h - - - - ‘
‘may thoughte in hir herte’
sincere yet she is passive. ownership of women again.
