The Canterbury Tales - The Wife of Bath's Tale

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May-December relationships are mainly a celebrity thing.

YES

NO

DON'T KNOW

If one of my peers fancied or started seeing a much older man or woman I would try to talk him or her out of this.

OF COURSE!

NO... LIVE AND LET LIVE

I DON'T KNOW

A young lover’s passion and stamina keeps an older partner young.

OF COURSE!

NO... WHY SHOULD THEY?

NO IDEA

THE CANTERBURY TALES...

• "leaving town" --> which one?
•  a "Middle English poem" = ?
• to pass the time away, they ...?
• pilgrims of every social class...
• "the writing is vernacular" = ?

THE CANTERBURY TALES...

• "leaving town" --> which one?
•  a "Middle English poem" = ?
• to pass the time away, they ...?
• pilgrims of every social class...
• "the writing is vernacular" = ?

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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?

How did you like the story?

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