1. Note that in lines 253 -320 the old woman defends herself from the knights' criticism that she is "low-born," that is, low-class. She argues that virtuous behavior does not depend on blood or lineage (who your ancestors were); virtue is virtue. In lines 320-350 she defends herself from the charge of being poor by saying that Jesus himself chose to be born poor and to live a poor man; that the really poor person is he or she who envies others; that poverty teaches patience. In 350 to 360 she defends herself from the charge of being old by saying he won't have to worry about her being unfaithful (since she will not be tempted and no one will try to seduce her).
What do you think of these arguments?
2. In 363-371, the old woman gives the knight a magical choice. Put it into your own words. (Once someone has done so satisfactorily, no one else should take this question.)
3. In 374-379, the knight replies. Do you think he made a good decision? Explain.
4. In 385-398, the knight finds out the result of his choice. Put it into your own words (once someone has done this satisfactorily, no one should do this question.)
5. Why do you think the Wife of Bath tells this particular story?
What do you think of these arguments?
2. In 363-371, the old woman gives the knight a magical choice. Put it into your own words. (Once someone has done so satisfactorily, no one else should take this question.)
3. In 374-379, the knight replies. Do you think he made a good decision? Explain.
4. In 385-398, the knight finds out the result of his choice. Put it into your own words (once someone has done this satisfactorily, no one should do this question.)
5. Why do you think the Wife of Bath tells this particular story?
6. Find a line or sentence that you think worthy of comment and comment on it.
13 comments:
Sang Eun
2. In 363-371, the old woman gives the knight a magical choice. Put it into your own words.
The old woman is giving the knight two choices of choosing qualities of his wife. The first choice was that to have his wife be still foul and old until she dies, but to have a humble and truthful wife. Also, that wife will listen to him well. Another choice was that to have a young and fair who will take his chance with others. These were the two options that the knight had to choose.
3. In 374-379, the knight replies. Do you think he made a good decision? Explain.
I think that the knight made a great decision. The knight said to the woman that she should choose the choice that would make her happy. And that choice would ultimately make him happy. Because then he gave the woman what she most desired, to have power over her man. She had the power to choose what she wanted to become and her husband had no say it. That is what she really wanted. She wanted to see if the knight had learned anything from this experience. He let her do what she wanted and that resulted in a happy ending that they both got what they both desired.
6. Find a line or sentence that you think worthy of comment and comment on it.
For joy he clasped her in his strong arms two,
His heart bathed in a bath of utter bliss;
A thousand times, all in a row, he'd kiss.
I picked this phrase because it shows interest to me. I enjoy the diction of the wording and the choice of place on where the author placed the words in the sentence and the importance of that placement. I also enjoyed the nice imagery this sentence gave to me. I enjoyed the diction of these specific words: clasped, bathed, and bliss. These words I think are words the author chose to "real in" the reader with. Meaning, instead of using words like held, or filled, or happiness, the author chose these specific words to show the flavor and specific types of the character's actions and feelings. This also helped create a strong image along with the similes. Now, I think I am correct if I say that are heart cannot be "bathed in bliss." Here, I think the author was trying to show his true and devine happiness at the moment and how it affected his heart, that the author used the simile of bathing in happiness. Also, there is something about this last part of the sentence that sort of lingers off the tongue for me. I also enjoy how the author chose to put he'd kiss at the end of the sentence. I like hearing the description of the subject and not knowing what the author is talking about and then solving the mystery at the end of the sentence.
Yeena
1.Note that in lines 253 -320 the old woman defends herself from the knights' criticism that she is "low-born," that is, low-class. She argues that virtuous behavior does not depend on blood or lineage (who your ancestors were); virtue is virtue. In lines 320-350 she defends herself from the charge of being poor by saying that Jesus himself chose to be born poor and to live a poor man; that the really poor person is he or she who envies others; that poverty teaches patience. In 350 to 360 she defends herself from the charge of being old by saying he won't have to worry about her being unfaithful (since she will not be tempted and no one will try to seduce her).
What do you think of these arguments?
I think the arguments made by the old woman were very wise and agreeable. Also, the argument became more effective because she mentioned about Jesus how he chose to be born as a poor man. Also, the way she explained to him why she was the way she was, were very persuasive because she was accepting how she was and giving other examples of people who were at the position that she is in and telling the good side of hers that became her good side because she had her flaws.
4. In 385-398, the knight finds out the result of his choice. Put it into your own words.
The Knight chooses to let his new wife choose whether SHE would like to be old or young. As a result, because she sees he has learned his lesson, she decided to be young and beautiful but she will be loyal to him and treat him well, also. Basically, the Knight gets the best of both worlds because he learned what women want most, and he learned to respect them.
#1
Note that in lines 253 -320 the old woman defends herself from the knights' criticism that she is "low-born," that is, low-class. She argues that virtuous behavior does not depend on blood or lineage (who your ancestors were); virtue is virtue. In lines 320-350 she defends herself from the charge of being poor by saying that Jesus himself chose to be born poor and to live a poor man; that the really poor person is he or she who envies others; that poverty teaches patience. In 350 to 360 she defends herself from the charge of being old by saying he won't have to worry about her being unfaithful (since she will not be tempted and no one will try to seduce her).
What do you think of these arguments?
I believe all of of these arguements are completely reasonable and fair although the age thing is a bit daunting. I think a relationship would be very hard without any physical attraction and i don't like the idea of an old lady forcing a man into marriage. All her arguments are fair but you can't force love.
Answer to #3:
I think that the knight made the best choice he possibly could. Instead of choosing one of the two possibilities, he put his fate in his wife's hands, demonstrating that he had truly learned his lesson. By doing this, he managed to get the best of both worlds, and have a beautiful young wife who was at the same time faithful and good.
Overall, this tale is quite comic and bright. It has a clear moral - that woman should always have sovereignty over their husbands - it conveys it very well. It seems like a sort of typical child's tale, like Cinderella or Snow White.
Heather Rhee
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I guess my answer will be the same like Sangeun's for the most of the part.
The old woman gives 2 choices to the knight. The first one was to have a wife who is humble and who will always listen to him. I thought this choice was basically giving him some power to rule over his wife.
The second one was to have a wife who is fair and young. The story also mentioned that the wife will take his chance with those who will repair.
3. In 374-379, the knight replies. Do you think he made a good decision? Explain.
- The knight made a good decision for himself. The old woman gives the knight a choice. She tells him to choose either a young and fair woman who would take his chance as others or a old,foul woman but faithful and true. The knight thinks carefully, but then just tells her to choose what she really wanted. Then the old woman became a young,fair woman who was also true and humble. I think what she really wanted was her husband's happiness. Also, I think this shows that he gave his wife the thing that woman desires most. The freedom and dominance over men made his wife happy and became what the knight really wanted. So I think that the knight made a really good choice.
Ka Yeon Nam
Qestion3
In 374-379, the knight replies. Do you think he made a good decision? Explain.
I agree with SungKun. When the knight was asked if he wanted a young fair wife or an old faithful wife. He answers that she should choose who she should be. She becomes a young and faithful wife. I think that this was a good choice because like SungKun said, he is letting his wife choose. That is giving women a right to choose and that will make both husband and wife happy because wife got to choose by her opinion and the husband told her so. Yesterday's reading was about what women most desire and that was to rule over men. By the knight letting his wife choose, I think that is giving women some sort of right to choose rather than just listening and obeying to what men says.
tells this particular story?
I think the whole story of wife of Bath is about learning and getting to the goal of virtue. It talks about how the knight goes to an old woman and asks her what it is that the woman wants the most and i think it just all about learning from other people something value able.
5. Why do you think the Wife of Bath tells this particular story?
I think the wife of Bath tells this story because she wants to underline the wisdom and importance women can hold in a mans life.In the beginning of the story the man needed a woman sexually which lead to rape. after that a woman had power over the mans entire fate. After that even man had to call on a woman for wisdom so that he could save his life. even at the end it shows that a man's happiness depends on how good/pretty his wife is.
5. Why do you think the Wife of Bath tells this particular story?
I think that the Wife of Bath tells this paticular story because of womens rights. The Wife of Bath is a women and I'm sure that she wants her rights to have attention drawn to and stressed. She also wants people to understand that they cannot take women for granted and just push them around. She shows this through the clear and stern punishments for the knite, showing that he could not just get away with the woman's rape.
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