I have read Wyf of Bathe – Anticlimax of the Tale from Yeo Siew Lian. According to the author, the prologue of the Wife of Bath is robust. The wife has a robust personality as the strong, homely and vigorous vocabulary can be seen throughout the prologue. On the other hand, some might argue that the Tale is lacking in similar robust vitality. However, the author think that the Tale bears traces of the energy and even raciness that the Wife infuses her Prologue with. The author further concludes that the Tale is not anticlimax even the Tale doesn’t work up inexorably. I would agree this thesis. Even though the prologue is unexpectedly longer than the Tale, but it serves as a “platform” for the Wife to explain her main point about the marriage, which is woman desires to gain the sovereignty over husband. Then, the Tale serves as a story to illustrate this theory. According to the Tale, the ladies and queen of the court allowed to determine on the criminal’s fake. This seems as almost impossible there was a strong antifeminism sense during that time. Besides, after a series of incidents, the criminal finally found out that women want to control completely over their husbands. At the end of the Tale, the Wife’s thesis is proven. Although one can hardly find a strong vocabulary in the Tale, but I think that the meaning behind the Tale can serve as the climax.
Next, I read the Wyf of Bathe – Attach on Women & Married Life? From Ng E-Ching. The author doesn’t agree that Chaucer attack on women and their conduct in married life in his writing. According to the author, Chaucer wants to present the characteristic of Wife of Bath as a strong woman in that society. Chaucer wants the reader to imagine the wife of bath as an intriguing cha...
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...almost no human interaction with the animals in this tale. Besides, according to the author, Chaucer utilized another literary form when composing this tale too, which is romance. However, as with the beast fable, he took this romance form and yet made it his. For example, in medieval literature, romance concerned itself with noble knights. However, unexpectedly, Chaucer decided to have his noble knight a rooster. I learned few things from these two essays. I’m not a literature expert and so I have a very little knowledge on the literary form. While reading this tale, I was first found it difficult to understand, to get the morals of the tale. I never examined the literary form Chaucer utilized in this tale, as I know none. However, after these two essays, I learned about romance and beast fable. I get to know more about these two forms after researching online.
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