1 / 5

Analogues to the Wife of Bath

Analogues to the Wife of Bath. Courtney McGinnis. Analogue:. Something that is analogous or similar to something else A comparison between two similar things. In literature, a work which resembles another work either fully or in part. Refresher on The Wife of Bath:. Married five times

nora
Download Presentation

Analogues to the Wife of Bath

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Analogues to the Wife of Bath Courtney McGinnis

  2. Analogue: • Something that is analogous or similar to something else • A comparison between two similar things. In literature, a work which resembles another work either fully or in part.

  3. Refresher on The Wife of Bath: Married five times Three good husbands, two bad Beaten by last husband Believes in marrying more than once and exploring sexual endeavours

  4. The Wife of Bath as Le Vieille of Le Roman de la Rosa: • Similarities: • Both married more than once • Both professional at controlling marriage • Both manipulative • Both strongly convicted about sex and marriage • Both beaten by their husbands • Influence on Chaucer: • Uses lines from Le Vieille in Le Roman de la Rose • Chaucer translated Le Roman de la Rose

  5. The Wife of Bath as Alice de Perrers: • How she relates to the Wife of Bath: • Widowed executer to wealthy husband • Similar names: Alice and Allisoun • Similar husband’s names: Janyn and Jankyn Who she was: King Edward III’s mistress Connected to Chaucer through John of Gaunt Was friends with Chaucer

More Related