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A 3 page paper which examines what can be learned about women’s position in fourteenth-century society from this story that is a part of Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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limited parameters. The patriarchy in which Geoffrey Chaucer lived and wrote The Canterbury Tales ensured that the social hierarchy was dominated by men. Simply stated, marriage was the
goal for the sake of children, but once that was achieved a husband was able to do as he pleased, while the wife was supposed to do as she was
told. Spousal abuse was commonplace, and women had little protection because of their lowly status. This was because they were regarded primarily as objects instead of human beings.
By this time, Christianity was firmly entrenched in medieval society, and a womans position was little more than an idealized version of the Virgin Mary. As a result,
"Medieval women were perceived as having two basic life choices: religious life or secular life as married women. Since an unmarried woman had no real place in medieval society,
any woman who could not marry, or who chose not to, affiliated with a religious order" (Hallissy 26). Therefore, women of all ages preferred to be wives so that
they would have something remotely resembling a place on the social ladder. Chaucers "The Wife of Baths Tale" reflects a growing discontent with societys lopsided gender scale. The tale
begins with Queen Guinevere pondering the fate of a knight who has been accused of rape. Because of his crime, he has been essentially ostracized from society, if only
temporarily (Lee 17). The Queens decision will have a dramatic impact because at this time, "The girl is not a member, or not a full member, of this society,
and can be ignored until her body is wanted again, or until it again becomes a sign of deviant or acceptable behavior on the part of one of the members...
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