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2. The portrayal of women in Chaucer’s "Canterbury Tales".

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2. The portrayal of women in Chaucer’s "Canterbury Tales".

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                                   Shipman's Tale 

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                                   Shipman's Tale 

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The Merchant's wife's body being monetized, and her husband neglecting her needs for the needs of her friend 

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The Merchant's wife's body being monetized, and her husband neglecting her needs for the needs of her friend 

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A woman's worth being defined by her youthfulness, a marriage forcing a woman's submission to her husband, and a delicate element of a woman's womanhood being easily taken away. 

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A woman's worth being defined by her youthfulness, a marriage forcing a woman's submission to her husband, and a delicate element of a woman's womanhood being easily taken away. 

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A woman's Virginity being controlled, and how a woman has always been destined to be next to a man

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A woman's Virginity being controlled, and how a woman has always been destined to be next to a man

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Women being hand picked for certain qualities, women being controlled on their marriage prospects 

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Women being hand picked for certain qualities, women being controlled on their marriage prospects 

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In the book titled, The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer, women are portrayed as easily controllable items, whose body, purpose, and personality are controlled through society’s expectations on them.

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“Sir John, I say, lend me these hundred francs!/ Trust me I will not fail you in my thanks / If only you’ll oblige me as I say. / I’ll pay you back...And if there's anything else - some little task / That I can do for you...Don’t be angry,dear,let’s laugh and play./ My jolly body’s pledge to you instead;/ By god I’ll never pay except in bed”(162-168)

Explanation:
The Merchant's wife's body is monetized in order for it to serve as a form of payment towards her husband and Sir John.  Women during Medieval Times didn't have much attached to their names, so they had all but there bodies to offer. As a result of this, a women body's was seen merely as an item because it could be passed from person to person, or in this case from Sir John and her husband. The worth of a women's body is lessened in this way because it can be easily obtained by anyone willing to have it. Society's expectations has always been stemmed in this idea because the sole person of a women's body was to be given to men. The purpose of a women's body was to have a man to be in possession of it. Women didn't have full control of their body because society dictated the worth and purpose of it, rather then themselves.

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Dear wife, I beg of you to be/Courteous and meek to all in place of me./ Look after all our property with care,/ See to the house; here’s plenty and to spare.../ But still, be thrifty over household stuff...May I ask you as a friend /...could you contrive to lend / A hundred francs?...this noble-hearted merchant thereupon / Replied, “Good heavens, cousin! Dear Sir John, this is indeed a very small request! My gold is yours whenever you think best...Take what you please, be sure to take enough…I’m a little cross with you, my dear...you should have warned me,dear,before I’d gone, / That he had paid you back my hundred francs...don’t be so extravagant again;/ you must economize, let that be plain.(163-168)”

Explanation:
The ability of the wife to freely use money is non-existence seeming that she isn't given liberty over using money. The wife's husband was so readily available to give 100 francs to his friend, but when it came to his wife having the same amount given to her, he told her that she needed to economize more. The man was given the liberty to take as much money as he pleased, but this same liberty for his wife was controlled. A woman's financial prospects are controlled highly. Society expects that a husband has final authority over the financial prospects of women, limiting them in freedom they have to spend. Despite her needs financially  being dismissed, she is still expected to serve as a wife. It doesn't matter if her husband is neglecting her for a friend, she is still expected to be a wife. Society excepts women to obey their husbands no matter what they might do in contradiction to them. Women are expected to always stay loyal to their husbands.

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“Her womanliness was what his heart commended,/ Her goodness too, for passing the condition/ of one so young, was beautifully blended/ in looks and deeds...my child and I are your possession/ And at your pleasure; on my heart’s profession / we are all yours and you may spare or kill / what is your own. Do therefore as you will...But as it pleases you. It does not grieve me / At all, though son and daughter both be killed at your commandement; let it be fulfilled.”(327-339)

Explanation:
What defined a women was too controlled by society. One feature of what makes a woman a woman is her ability to reproduce and have children. In the Clerk's tale, Walter is in complete control over this aspect of Griselda's life. At any moment, Walter can take her baby away. Walter, at anytime, can take away a very precious element of a woman's womanhood, which is her children. Society made  it so husbands are entitled to easily strip away the many defining features of a woman.This is what makes it so easy for Walter to strip Griselda of a her baby because society gave him and all husbands alike, the entitlement to do so. A baby is a very precious element to a woman, and that precious element can be so easily stripped away because of the undermining ideas of a population.

This quote also mentions how a women's worth  is solely based on how youthful she is. If she is young, she is automatically sought after, which is why many young girls would become wives at an early age. According to society, a women's worth diminishes the older she becomes. Therefore, society places an expectation for women to always remain youthful, and never age. Society controls the way a woman's body has to be according it's idea of the woman body.This expectation has been so influential in a women's life that today there are various of procedures and comestic items solely aimed to prevent a women from aging. Not only is a woman's image controlled by society's expectation, but a woman's confidence in herself is stripped away because she feels not enough to conform to society's expectations.

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“I want you to be ready to obey...When I say “yes” you never shall say “no” / Either by word or frowning a defiance...Summon your patient, show that they were meant, / Those promises you gave me to obey. Down in your village on our wedding-day...Griselda had to suffer and consent / And like a lamb she lay there, meet and still / And let the cruel fellow do his will...For if I knew my death itself would ease you / Then I would die, and gladly die, to please you.”(330-339)

In a marriage, women were expected to do as they are told.Griselda has been groomed for the sole purpose of marrying someone, and being obedient her spouse. Griselda, and many women like her, had no say in their marriages. they were expected to be fully compliant to the requests of their husbands. This all stems from society's expectation of women being submissive. This explains as to why the nobleman constantly tested the Griselda's submissiveness to him, because it was something he expected from her. Women were to ask no questions, but rather blindly follow their husbands, which is what Griselda proceeds to do throughout the tale. A marriage was relationship that required a woman's obeisance from a society that expected their submission to their husbands.

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“I have resolved to be a wedded man , / And that at once, in all the haste I can, / to some fair virgin; one of tender years...the woman must on no account be old,/certainty  under twenty, and demure. / Flesh should be young though fish should be mature; / I’ll have no women thirty years of age”(361)

a woman's virginity too was controlled by society. A woman was expected to stay pure up until her marriage. If she were to sleep with other men, her value and prospects for marriage would decline. Men would often find younger girls presumably for this reason, because the younger they were, the more likely they were to be virgins. Right when they got their periods, they were deemed woman's and fit enough to deliver children. Girls as young as 12, were married off for the sole purpose of delivering children. Besides being virgins, young girls were sought out for childbirth because they were believed to have a higher chance of surviving childbirth, and thus having more children. A woman's body controlled by society in this way because their were undermining definitions on the purpose of a woman's body. Society deemed it that woman be virgins until marriage, and that a woman's body was only needed for childbirth.

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“...To keep a woman for himself...And certainly, as sure as God is King, / to take a wife is a most glorious thing / Especially if a man is old and hoary; then she’s the fruit of all his wealth and glory. It then ought to take her, young and fair, one upon he might beget an heir”(356-358)

Woman were always made to be dependent on men. When Eve was made, she was made for the sole purpose to company Adam. Woman were made to be dependent off of their husbands, and revolve there entire selves towards them. If a woman had to act according to what their husbands depended of them, and what society's expectation was for them to act. Woman had to act accordingly, but men had free reign. When May decided to engage with Damion inside the tree, it was a time when she went against her husband's and society's expectation of her. Although she committed Adultery by sleeping with Damion, it was a time when she went against what was expected of her. She hashed her own independence in this act by coordinating the times her and Damion would meet and how they would foul January. It was time she acted independent in her actions, so too did January when she engaged with various women prior to his marriage. However, for May it more of sin because she is expected to act according to society.

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“Is not my husband under God’s command/ To leave his father and mother and take me? / No word of what the number was tobe, Then why not marry two or even eight? / And why speak evil of the married state?/ Take wise King solomon of long ago; / We hear he had a thousand wives or so./ And would to God it were allowed to me / To be refreshed… on the first night he threw many a merry fit with each of them, he was so much alive. Blessed be God that I have wedded five!”(259)

Women and their marriage prospects have always been controlled. Society's expectation around women and their engagements with other men is for them to only engage with one man, of which is their husband. Women that have engaged with other men, are lowered in value because a woman being a virgin was an expected quality among them. A woman laying with other men lowered their value because they were no longer pure in the eyes of society. The Bible is used very often to defend this ideology, because, by using it, society can condemn woman as sinful for trying to engage with other men beside the husbands they're expected to lay with. However, the Wife of Bath defends her actions because technically she is marrying other men after the death of her previous husbands. She isn't engaging with other men during her marriages. She defends her actions by saying that other men have engaged in various relationships with other women while being married. However, this defends the statement that society controls women because society attempts to tell women what to do with their own bodies. If they don't follow certain standards, their bodies will be deemed lesser than or unworthy. If they do follow these standards, they are deemed worthy.

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"You say that some desire us for our wealth, / some for our shapeliness, our looks, our health / Some for our singing, others for our dancing, / Some for our singing, others for our dancing, / Some for our gentleness and dalliance glancing, / And some because our hands are soft and small..."(265)

Women are hand picked for certain qualities. Women are expected to resemble certain qualities in order to fit society's standards of them. A woman's purpose is solely to fit a standard for their husbands. Those standards stemming from the certain qualities that are expected from women in society. Society controls the personality of women because certain qualities are expected from women instead of a wide range personalities that are found in naturally in them.

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In the book titled, The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer, women are portrayed as easily controllable items, whose body, purpose, and personality are intricately controlled through society’s expectations of them. Woman through the The Canterbury Tales are observed through various expectations. Every part of a woman's life is intricately controlled. A woman's body is controlled through the way society attempts to put a price on it, and how their engagements with other men lessens their value in society. A woman's purpose is controlled through the way young girls are used only for childbirth, and how the only purpose for a woman is to be an obedient wife. Lastly, a woman's personality is controlled through the way they have to change their personalities to fit certain standards of society in order to seem valuable. Woman weren't allowed to reflect themselves, but rather reflect the standards of society. Today woman still go through these challenges. Woman are controlled on the way they dress, the way they present themselves, their personality types, their lifestyles, and more. Every aspect of a woman's life is heavily scrutinized just as it was many years ago, all simply because of society's outlook on them.

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Your second explanation here is repeating the same thing over and over, you are not really going into more depth . I would also say that your first explanation is a little wordy and sometimes, this gets in the way of the clarity of your point.
I think what you were trying to say that the Wife of Bath is criticized for the number of marriages that she has participated in, however, she does point out that there are several men, even in the Bible, who took on multiple wives at the same time and they were not looked down upon. Also, the expectation of virginity on women was something that also plays into the double standard since this did not apply to the men.

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The only thing I would say here is that she is monetizing herself. This is of course a reflection of the society she lives in and both men accept this but you cannot ignore that factor .

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You have some typos here

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You are not connecting the specific quotes you have here to the thesis or to the ideas that you present here. You do not even mention what tales we are referring to in your explanations. This is also a bit repetitive since you already discussed the topic of Virginity

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You make some statements here that you did not entirely prove in the padlet. I did not see how women's personalities were being controlled in your examples. In addition, you also have typos here that get in the way of the clarity of your statements.

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I think that you had some good ideas here but your evidence did not always connect to the thesis explicitly. You also needed to edit this a bit more since there were typos and grammar errors in some places. I do think that the ideas presented were right on and valid, just needed to make the connection to the quotes and the thesis more specific and clear. B