The Wife of Bath themes
- Created by: Courtney-Beth
- Created on: 10-04-14 08:09
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- The Wife of Bath
- Religion
- 'If I have licence of this worthy Frere?'
- Dominance
- the tale~: 'he rafte hire maidenheed by verray force.'
- the wife rules her husbands
- Stereotypes
- Wife subverts traditional stereotypes by being opinionated
- Readings: Feminist - champion of women.
- 3 husbands are weak, brought down by their need for sex
- Wife subverts traditional stereotypes by being opinionated
- Readings: Feminist - champion of women.
- Dominance
- The interruptions: shows corruption
- The form: a confessio.
- Context: only men were allowed to preach.
- Women were despised by the church. St Jerome believed in marriage only for the needs of procreation.
- Marriage
- Dominance
- the tale~: 'he rafte hire maidenheed by verray force.'
- the wife rules her husbands
- Stereotypes
- Wife subverts traditional stereotypes by being opinionated
- 3 husbands are weak, brought down by their need for sex
- Wife subverts traditional stereotypes by being opinionated
- 'Experience... of the wo that is in mariage'
- married 5 times
- Looking for God or number 6?
- Theophrastus: women were cold blooded and manipulative.
- Dominance
- Marriage
- Is this Chaucers attack on religion or the wife's?
- Deconstructionist reading?
- Readings: New Historicism - new age of woman. Historical readings - the two popes, Richard III's reign.
- 'If I have licence of this worthy Frere?'
- Sexuality
- 'bele chose' 'Chambre of venus' 'Quenyte' - all grotesque and shocking
- Context: the wife has no children yet has 5 husbands
- married 5 times
- The church believed that sex was a sin
- Readings: new historicism: new aged woman. Psychoanalytical- the three differing readins of the wife.
- Religion
- Marriage
- 'Experience... of the wo that is in mariage'
- Looking for God or number 6?
- Theophrastus: women were cold blooded and manipulative.
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