Thursday, September 27, 2018

Wife Of Bath's Prologue

In The Wife of Bath's Prologue, there are many passages in which emphasize the need for feminism. One that really stood out though, is on page 235. The entire page is speaking of the hypocrisy of society and men, when speaking of women and their marriages. The Wife of Bath uses examples such as Abraham and Jacob, to show example of how it is okay when men marry and then re-marry and then re-marry and so on, yet when women do this it is no longer acceptable. In the exact part where it starts "I know well that Abraham was a holy man-Or where commanded he virginity?", this is the Wife of Bath/Chaucer expressing the question of why are women condemned for such an act, when men do this all of the time? I believe Chaucer is expressing the hypocrisy of society and men about women's rights and their place and role in society, through Wife of Bath thus-far. This is perfectly executed in the line, "For had God commanded maidenhood, Then he would have damned wedding in that deed.".

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