The wife of Bath's Tale

1.    What are some of the things women want most?

• Gorgeous clothes

• Fun in bed

• Directed by men

• To be often widowed and remarried

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1.    What do these things tell us about the Wife of Bath? (Remember, she is the narrator).

•  she believes that a man can win a woman best with flattery

•  she believes that a man can win a woman best with cruelty

•  she believes that a man can win a woman best with money

•  she believes that a man can win a woman best with pleasure

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How do you know the Wife is educated? Why do you think Chaucer gave his Wife of

Bath this trait?

•  she talks about women's knowledge

•  she talks about women's classical precedent

• She doesn't know anything

• She she talks about men's knowledge

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What does the old woman say about gentility (being noble born)?

• The deeds of a man determines his gentility

• The lineage of a man determines his gentility

• The name of a man determines his gentility

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How does a narrator affect a story?

• Express their experience and thoughts

• Does not affect

• Narrators sometimes comment directly on characters and events.

• A narrator's tone, or attitude toward a subject, provides clues about the narrator's personality.

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Answer using the PEEL method
What effect does the narrator's suspect

interruptions and comments

have on the overall tone and style of "The Wife of Bath's Tale"?

support your answer.

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Answer Using the PEEL Method

How does this soliloquy contribute to the internal conflict that Hamlet is facing?

Support your response.

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As a narrator, the Wife of Bath comments extensively about the various answers to the knight's question. What do her comments reveal about her own values and ideas? Use evidence from the poem to support your analysis

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Does the knight gain a better understanding of women over the course of the story, or is he basically the same as he was at the beginning? Explain your response.

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In the "Wife of Bath's Prologue, the Friar complains about the Wife of Bath's long, rambling preamble. How effective is she at narrating her tale about the knight? Explain your response.

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