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The Wife of Bath’s Tale

The Wife of Bath’s Tale. Romance. Plot structure: Hero battles an enemy and ultimately prevails Three Stages of a Romance Dangerous Journey A Test to Determine the True Qualities of the Hero A Return to the Point where the Journey Started. Romance. Includes : Supernatural Elements

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The Wife of Bath’s Tale

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  1. The Wife of Bath’s Tale

  2. Romance • Plot structure: Hero battles an enemy and ultimately prevails • Three Stages of a Romance • Dangerous Journey • A Test to Determine the True Qualities of the Hero • A Return to the Point where the Journey Started

  3. Romance • Includes: Supernatural Elements Good vs. Evil Element Quest

  4. The Wife of Bath’s Tale • Romance Love Quest Supernatural/Magic

  5. The Wife of Bath’s Prologue • 862 lines • She speaks with the Pardoner in this excerpt • She claims to be an expert in marriage • Evidence that she is well read

  6. The Wife of Bath’s Tale • Knight’ quest is to find what women most desire • Lines 101-114 • The pilgrim digresses and injects her own beliefs • Lines 118-124 What criticism of women does the Wife offer?

  7. The Wife of Bath’s Tale • Wife contends • Women can be hypocritical • Women cannot keep secrets • How does the Knight display chivalry in lines 159-164? • What element of magic happens in lines 166-180?

  8. The Wife of Bath’s Tale • What is the irony in the answer to the riddle? • In return for the answer, the Knight must marry the old woman. • Old woman gives a sermon • Lines 293-294 “Gentility is given by God, not by social rank”

  9. The Wife of Bath’s Tale • In her lecture, the old woman is talking about gentility and virtue • The woman then gives the knights a choice 1. Have an old, but faithful wife 2. Have a young, but unfaithful wife • What is the knight’s answer? • What is said at the end of the poem (437-440)?

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