The Canterbury Tales - The Wife of Bath's Tale

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THE CANTERBURY TALES...

• written by Geoffrey Chaucer
• 14th century --> Middle Ages
• characters inspired by persons of that time
• The Wife of Bath: Dame Alison
• outdated or "hot"?

PROGRESSIVE READING: 1

What would your answer to the question of the queen be?

PROGRESSIVE READING: 2

What do women want?

PROGRESSIVE READING: 3

What is the old woman (loathly lady) going to ask in return?

PROGRESSIVE READING: 4

What is the correct answer to the question the knight had to answer?

PROGRESSIVE READING: 5

• What does the knight have to do in return?
• The knight being a KNIGHT, he has to follow the rules of good chivalry. How should he behave?
  

PROGRESSIVE READING: 5

PROGRESSIVE READING: 5

• DOES the knight behave like a good knight, according to the old lady? How (not)?
• In the next section, the knight will get the choice between two options, a real dilemma:
  - what is that dilemma?
  - what is the right decision?
  - does the knight make the right decision?

PROGRESSIVE READING: 6

PROGRESSIVE READING: 6

• What is the right decision?
• How could you have known this already from the start?
• Would you call the Wife of Bath a feminist? 

A HAPPY END?

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