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The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale: quotes and themes
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- 1WOB-A04 Feudal System
- 2A02-Theme Marriage.'Housbondes at chirche dore she hadde firve, Withouten oother compaigne in youthe'- 'fire housboundes', 'oother compagnee' would make a man feel intimidated with her expierence in sex and love- thus giving her male dominance and power
- 3A02-WOB Male intelligence'He redde it with ful good devocioun'
- 4A02-WOB Battle of the sexes- Female dominanceAllison-main character, has her own prologue dominates the tale with strong narrative voice. Male characters interrupt her story 'For wel i woot thy pacienceis gon'-interuptions are used to make the text realistic her response 'If i have licence of this worthy Frere'- shows her dominance as a woman-refuses to stop the pace of her telling the story
- 5Contrast between Alison in the prologue and the Hag in the tale.she allows the knight to choose what she looks like 'Now clese yourselven, whether that yow liketh'-conforms to his request and can be seen as obedient and submissive. thus contradicting her previsous statements about women overpowing men
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