We had a great discussion regarding the Wife of Bath's Tale. Do you think the Wife of Bath is meant to contradict the misogynist (woman-hating) ideas of her time, or to uphold them? How might her story be a type of wish-fulfillment for the aging? Respond to any other elements from this tale (or any others we read during this unit).
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I want to use this blog as a multi-purpose blog for my English IV AP class. I will be posting the weekly schedule on here, as well as any assignments. My favorite part is probably to showcase wonderful writing and projects! I also will probably post some school/class news at times. Finally, and the most important part to you twenty-eight over-achievers, is that I will be putting a few postings per unit and the students are required to post a comment (a THOUGHTFUL comment) every unit. These comments should take the form of an online discussion, where you read all of the comments before yours and then make a contribution. Each unit will have a blogging grade attached to it. I am looking forward to the semester both in the classroom as well as online! :)
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I think that the Wife of Bath's Tale was definitely contradictory to woman-hating ideas because it talks about how women should be equal to their spouses (who should accordingly submit to them) The passage's basic meaning is also contradictory to the passage in the Bible that talks about the husband being the head of the household because the Wife of Bath's Tale says puts forth the idea that women and men should be equal in a marriage (and also the woman should have a little more control over the relationship than the man).
Older people always say that they feel just like they did when they were eighteen, and I believe that the Wife of Bath's story is something that most likely all old ladies dream about because they still want to be desirable even in their old age. This story gives "hope" to older people because they relate themselves to the story and feel like they look like the old, decrepit creatures, and yet they feel like the young beauty (that the old lady eventually turned into) on the inside.
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