The endings in Tis' Pity & WOB

Justice
Society
Final speaches
1. Giovanni dreams of a heroic death but only gets a common death from the hand of a servent
2. Justice and auctoritee is found when the man submits to his wife, Jankyn does this
Moral messege
1. Forbidden love will always be punished
  1. punishment will be given to those who have sinned
2. Secrets cant always stay secret
3. Society condmens what is different
4. Women are the dominant sex
  1. Conflicting
Religion
1. Catholicism
2. Protestant audience in Tis' Pity
Audience response
1. Shock
2. Confusion
3. Humour
What would happen next
1. The bloodline i gone and religion holds all their possesions, in a sense religion has control over them in life as well as death
2. P: The wife continues to have control over men and possible has another husband
  1. T:similarly to the prologue, women continue to have dominance over men
Do they remain true?
1. Audience
  1. Original sympathy for Givanni
  2. Perhaps belived repentance was inevitable
  3. Is it always a facade like stated with "Myn entente is only to pleye"?
2. Society
  1. Society reacts just as expected
Writers messege
1. Has justice been served?
2. Chaucer may be mocking the wife and hag or showing their ultimate superiority over men
Key themes
1. Sex
2. Religion
3. Death
4. Justice
5. Plotting
6. Duplicity
7. love
8. Money
9. Marriage
10. Irony
11. Power
key:
1. tis pity
2. Both
3. wob

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	Created by Sal Morejo over 8 years ago