Module 3: Reading Assignment 5
1. I think that the message that this tale is trying to convey is that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Although not conveyed until the end, the knight would not have known the hag's true beauty unless he kissed her. Once he kissed her, her true beauty showed.
2. If I had to cast a current actress to play the role of the Wife of Bath, I would probably choose Diane Keaton. I feel that she is a very independent individual. She always plays such strong roles that show her courage and independence. She does not seem like she would bow down to anyone, let alone a man.
3. I think that Chaucer's position on marriage is that it is supposed to be a once and done sacred commitment that two people in love make to one another. He uses marriage as the satire in the Wife of Bath's tale. He obviously feels that the way that she treated marriage was not right. She treated men as her servant instead of her equal. Although in Chaucer's time men and women in marriage were not completely equal, the men were definately not considered the lesser of the two!
2. If I had to cast a current actress to play the role of the Wife of Bath, I would probably choose Diane Keaton. I feel that she is a very independent individual. She always plays such strong roles that show her courage and independence. She does not seem like she would bow down to anyone, let alone a man.
3. I think that Chaucer's position on marriage is that it is supposed to be a once and done sacred commitment that two people in love make to one another. He uses marriage as the satire in the Wife of Bath's tale. He obviously feels that the way that she treated marriage was not right. She treated men as her servant instead of her equal. Although in Chaucer's time men and women in marriage were not completely equal, the men were definately not considered the lesser of the two!
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