The story of Dame Ragnell and The Wife of Bath's Tale The story of Dame Ragnell and "The Wife of Bath's Tale" are works that are very similar yet have differences that set the two apart. The most obvious comparison between the two works is the dilemma faced in each. In both stories a man's life is at stake and all he has to do to be spared is to answer one question. That question has to do with what women really want. Another similarity involves the outcome of each story. The differences between the two stories are revealed in the plots. The differences that stand out the most are the circumstances leading up to the question being asked and the attitude of the person that has to marry the old hag to get the answer to the question. In the story of Dame Ragnell and "The Wife of Bath's Tale," the men in question are in a very serious predicament. The knight in "The Wife of Bath's Tale" gets into his predicament by raping a young maiden. In "Dame Ragnell," King Arthur is accused of giving Sir Gawain land that belongs to someone else, Gromer Somer Joure. Their crimes are completely different, yet they still warrant similar punishment. Although the reason that each character is in his situation is a glaring difference between the two stories, in both cases the character's lives are at stake because of something they have done. In order to be saved from death they must answer a question: "To shewe me at thy coming whate wemen love best in feld and town." (Ragnell 91-92) This is what King Arthur is asked by Gromer Somer Joure in the story of Dame Ragnell. In "The Wife of Bath's Tale," we can see the question is worded differently. The Queen says to the knight: "I graunte thee lif if thou canst tellen me what thing it is that wommen most desiren." (Bath 910-911) Although there is a slight difference in the wording of the question in each tale, each still has the same idea: What is it that women want the most? In both stories the main characters, the knight, in "The Wife of Bath's Tale" and King Arthur in, the story of Dame Ragnell, search out the answer to this question. Both characters eventually find a person that knows the answer. In each story there is an old hag that knows the answer to the question that the knight and King Arthur must answer. This is where the differences in the two stories start to stand out. In "The Wife of Bath's Tale" the hag asks the knight to do the very next thing that she asks of him and she will give him the answer. He agrees, and she gives him the answer. He goes before the Queen and answers the question. The old hag then says to the queen: I taughte this answere unto the knight, For which he plighte me his trouthe there The firste thing I wolde him require He wolde it do, if it laye in his might. (Bath 1056-1059) The hag then asks the knight to marry her. The knight does not want to marry the hag but must because he has given his word. Similarly, in the story of Dame Ragnell, Arthur meets a hag, whose name is Dame Ragnell, who knows the answer to the question which he must answer. Ragnell requires that King Arthur get Sir Gawain to marry her, and she will answer the question for him. Sir Gawain agrees, and King Arthur is spared. The difference here is that Sir Gawain does not fear marrying Ragnell, while the knight is terrified that he has to marry the hag. Gawain is more than willing to do the deed for King Arthur and does not try to back out of it. Finally, we are given the outcomes of each story, which are similar to each other. In both stories the answer to the question is that women desire sovereignty over their husbands. In each story, the old hag has the ability to make herself beautiful. In "Dame Ragnell," the hag asks if Sir Gawain would rather have her beautiful at night or in the daytime. Sir Gawain answers: Now fain wold I chose the best, I ne wot in this world what I shall saye, But do as ye list nowe, my lady gaye. The choise I put in your fist. Evin as ye wolle, I put it in your hand, Lose me when ye list, for I am bond. I put the choise in you. Bothe body and goodes, hart, and every dele, Is alle your own, for to by and selle- That make I God avowel! (Ragnell 675-684) He leaves the answer up to her, which is exactly what she wants, to be able to make the decision. She then makes herself beautiful both during the day and night. In "The Wife of Bath's Tale," the hag asks whether or not the knight would like her to be ugly and faithful or beautiful and unfaithful. Similar to Gawain's answer, the knight leaves the choice to the hag. She too becomes beautiful, and because she was able to make the decision, she remains faithful to him as well. In both stories there is an abundance of similarities and differences. However, in the end, the underlying theme is the same. What women want is power over their husbands Works Cited The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale." Norton Anthology of English Literature. Ed. M.H. Abrams et. 7th Edition, Volume 1. New York: Norton, 2000. 253-281 Sands, Donald B. Ed. Middle English Verse Romances. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc., 1966
In addition, the knight's thoughts are easily influenced by other people. Apparently, he recognizes the fact that he is often wrong and listens to the opinions of others. But he adopts those opinions without thinking them through for himself. This happens when the old hag says she knows what women most want; the knight doesn't question that knowledge. However, by the time he meets the hag, he has listened to many other women who weren't very consistent in their suggestions.
Sir Gawain and Madame Ragnelle is a short story containing different archetypal characters. From the start of the story it already gave an overview of the main problem. Unfortunately, there will be another problem that will arise upon knowing that King Arthur and Sir Gawain were tricked by a Lady Modren, who made up a story about his husband and let King Arthur and Sir Gawain fall for a trap. Later on, they will go on a quest searching for the answer to the riddle given by the Black Knight. Sir Gawain and Madame Ragnelle is filled with different requisites that can be used for further analysis of the story. Sir Gawain and Madame Ragnelle manifests a love story developed through time involving the difference between good and evil that would join two archetypal characters, a hero and a damsel, and later on lived together in great happiness and joy.
The story of Dame Ragnell and "The Wife of Bath's Tale" are works that are very similar yet have differences that set the two apart. The most obvious comparison between the two works is the dilemma faced in each. In both stories a man's life is at stake and all he has to do to be spared is to answer one question. That question has to do with what women really want. Another similarity involves the outcome of each story. The differences between the two stories are revealed in the plots. The differences that stand out the most are the circumstances leading up to the question being asked and the attitude of the person that has to marry the old hag to get the answer to the question. There are many small differences between the stories but they are not as important as the two mentioned.
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In The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell Gawain reveals his loyalty to King Arthur by agreeing the marry the "Loathly" lady after she saves the king's life. This not the first appearance of the "loathly" lady in Medieval literature. In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the "Knight's Tale" reiterates the "familiar folklore motif [that] concerns the transformation of the ugly hag into a beautiful woman after a man has placed himself under her 'sovereynte'" and incorporates "the theme of A Riddle Asked and Answered" (Wilhelm 467).
In Geoffrey Chaucer's The Cantebury Tales, many stories are told leading to a wide range of topics. One particular and significant topic Chaucer touches on many times is the role of women. In stories such as The Millers Tale, The Knight's Tale, and the Wife of Bath's Tale the women of each story are portrayed extremely different. Alisoun, Emelye, and the wife of Bath, each exemplify three dissimilar ways in which women love. The way Chaucer describes each of these characters is dependent on the out come of each particular story. Chaucer is careful with his word choice and figurative language with each woman, enabling the reader to get a very visual and sometimes humorous picture.
It is first important to understand the background of both The Wife of Bath and Margery Kempe’s stories. The Wife of Bath was a character created by Geoffrey Chaucer who is radically different from the nonfictional character of Margery Kempe. The Wife of Bat...
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The two tales, told by the Wife of Bath and the Clerk in The Canterbury Tales, have parallel plots. “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” begins with a lusty knight standing before his king’s court because of unjust acts he committed with a young maiden. Before the king can execute the knight, the queen objects and offers that the knight’s life is spared if he can find the answer to what women really want. The knight embarks on his journey to discover the answer (“The Wife of Bath’s Tale” 167-68). Similarly, “The Clerk’s Tale” takes place in the kingdom of Saluzzo, Italy under the control of Walter, the marquis. The people of Saluzzo eagerly advised Walter to find a wife to ensure an heir to the throne. Walter finally finds the standard, beautiful woman in poverty named Griselda. She values hard work and humility, and Walter chooses to marry her. However, she must take a vow to Walter never to complain and to be loyal despite whatever the future may bring. Both plots revolve around the noble class and the differences among the social structure of the time because of the variety of characters portrayed in each tale. The two tales’ plots are d...
My first issue with the Wife of Bath’s Tale is its use of diction. Diction is a literary term that describes the words you choose to include in your story, and how they affect the overall work. Using big fancy words often makes the story sound better and feel more sophisticated but the Wife of Bath’s Tale is overflowing with them. The effect it had was not in any way positive. Reading a sentence felt like reading a novel and I often had to go over sentences multiple times because my mind just couldn’t take in and what was being said. At other times I had to put the work down altogether to give my brain a rest from the strain. Almost immediately after starting I was anxious to get it over with, and if it wasn't required reading I wouldn’t have finished it at all.
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In Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, a reader is introduced to a rather bizarre and heterogeneous group of people leaving for a pilgrimage. The Wife of Bath is the most interesting and lively character of the group. Her "Prologue" and "Tale" provide readers with a moral lesson as well as comic relief. The Wife's "Prologue" serves as an overture to her "Tale", in which she states a very important point regarding the nature of women and their most sacred desires. According to this character, women desire sovereignty, or power, over their men most in the world. This wish seems to be most appropriate for women of the time period in which Chaucer lived. However, women today no longer wish to dominate their men - sovereignty of women over men is not relevant in the twenty-first century. The reason is that women are no longer deprived of power and freedom.
The story begins with Arthur hunting a stag in the forest. After the kill of the stag he stumbles upon a giant of a knight, Sir Gromer Somer Joure. In order to live, the knight makes a deal with Arthur. If he returns in a year and a day with an answer to the question "What do women want?" his life will be spared. Arthur and his confidant, Sir Gawain, ride throughout the land with two books. In these books they write down the answers they receive from women all over the land to Sir Gromer's question. Upon comparing their b...
According to these two tales, women desire sovereignty over their husbands, to be treated as masters over their love. Women wish to be given the ultimate say over whichever decisions might be brought into their household. They wish for their men to behave without arrogance and supremacy, to step to their every move in unison. We women simply ask that a man might think with his head and not with his ego, he should think about the impact his behavior has on us.
The parallels that have been presented show that there are not just similarities in the tale and the Wife’s life, the prologue and the tale are the real and the ideal way that the Wife sees her world. She, like many women of her time and ours, wants control over her husbands and will do what it takes to gain it. She tells us how she gained control over her husbands, even when it lead to the oldest trick in the book, withholding “pleasures”. Then she backed up her desire for sovereignty by telling us in her tale that it was not just herself who wanted this dominance, but every woman wants the same, even if they don’t know it. Finally she idealizes what she wants from a husband with the tale of the knight and the hag. If only it were as simple as the tale told.