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This 3 page paper discusses the Medieval attitudes held toward women as evidenced by the characters found in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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study. This is because, the student will wish to state, the characters depicted in its pages are highly illustrative of the types of people, culture, dress, habits and prevailing perspectives
which were alive during that day and age. As such, one of the most glaring examples of Medieval perspective is the attitude towards women. The Wife of Bath has been
interpreted as Chaucers deliberate moral satire upon the human, especially female, emotional desires. This is highly satirical but implies the Medieval belief that women were emotional creatures, governed by their
own base instincts. The chapter in which the Wife of Bath tells her tale, is loaded with innuendo which was notable during Chaucers age. A good deal of the tale
is hinged upon her experience with wedded bliss. Her final assertion is that in a perfect world, men would submit to their wives then there would be continual world peace.
Of course, she says this tongue in cheek, given the content of the rest of her romantic tale. Of course, this is exactly the opposite of what was true of
the day and age. Women were harshly relegated to second class citizenry. Even women of noble birth were subjected to harsh dictates by society. Additionally, the overall effect of
the passage is a contrast of literal words and actual underlying meanings. Many times what the Wife says is in direct opposition to what the reader/listener knows that the Wife
believes. It can be stated that part of what makes a good character is that they are three-dimensional. They are that curious blend of good and evil, saint and sinner,
and have the unmitigated ability to contradict themselves in a type of self-deception that sometimes reveals more about their character than mindless conformity to social situations would. It also serves
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