Category: England, 1387-1400 Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
Discuss the idea from the Wife of Bath that women desire sovereignty or control and with that become perfect wives. What is the sequence of events in the Wife’s marriage to her fifth husband...
The Canterbury Tales is 24 tales, told in rhyming couplets. The tone and style of each tale is particular to the storyteller. Chaucer wrote the tales in English rather than using Latin. There are...
Read Chaucer’s background Read Introduction to Canterbury Tales and the Wife of Bath post Read Wife of Bath’s Prologue Read Wife of Bath’s story Post “Painting with Words” post from Wife of Bath’s prologue...
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