https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016 FQ: **Don't forget to put your name as the title of your post!** How does Chaucer use a shift of power to comment on a person's character in "The Wife of Bath's Tale?" Cite two examples from the text that demonstrate your answer. en-us 2016-09-20 11:35:55 UTC 2024-03-07 19:41:21 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Dartstarget.png poyner https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125023254 -Continue Reading "The Wife of Bath's Tale" from the textbook (p. 77). Stop and discuss as we read aloud.
-Complete the DE Journal for "The Wife of Bath's Tale"]]> 2016-09-20 11:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125023254 poyner https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125024109 2016-09-20 11:38:56 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125024109 https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125255016 In "The Wife of Bath's Tale", they way Chaucer uses a shift of power to comment on a person's character in the tale, he goes back and forth between the women having the power and than the man having the power. Like for example the King gives his wife, the Queen, the power to choose how the knight should die. But than once she has some power she gives the knight a little power back as well. So throughout the tale, there's a constant change in power back and forth between the man and woman, showing that even woman can hold such great power as man can. That is how I see Chaucer shifting the power through the comments in the tale. 
 ]]> 2016-09-20 22:54:17 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125255016 https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125263195 The Chaucer states that a women wants one thing in life. In reality girls want many things, along with that Chaucer wasn't telling how the wife of bath was telling her story in her point of few also.]]> 2016-09-21 00:30:45 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125263195 https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125356033 2016-09-21 11:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125356033 https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125356379 He uses the characters reactions to the shift of power to show different people's character. For example, the knight used to be rude and forceful, and then is taught a lesson and then becomes the opposite. "My liege and lady, in general, a woman wants the self-same sovereignty over her husband as over her lover" -line 211, "My lady and my love, my dearest wife, I leave the matter to your wise decision" -line 404. "]]> 2016-09-21 11:58:12 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125356379 https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125356986 Chauser uses a shift in power from a king to queen in a court case to show a knights character. In line 65, the king is about to execute a knight for raping a maiden. In line 69 through 72 the queen asks and gets the power of choice for the nights  ]]> 2016-09-21 12:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125356986 https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125357474 Chaucer shifts the power from the Queen giving the knight a choice, to the knight getting answers, to the old women giving the night an answer and asking for a favor.]]> 2016-09-21 12:03:52 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125357474 https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125423088 Chaucer uses a shift of power to comment on a person's character in "The Wife of Bath's Tale". He does this by showing a shift in decisions. For example, the knight gives the old woman the decision of who to be because he realized he was in the wrong. In another case, the old woman shifts the power and decision back to make him decide whats right to him.]]> 2016-09-21 14:37:24 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125423088 https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125682313 In "The Wife of Bath's Tale?"chaucer shifts of power . When the king gives the power to the queen and once the queen gets the power she decides he has a year an a day to decide what is the one thing women want and once that year an a day is over he comes back an gives the right answer but had  gotten it from the old women. The knight had to marry the old women an the old women had gave him the power to choose if he wanted her to change herself than he gave her back the power but in the end they all had the power at one point.]]> 2016-09-22 12:33:45 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125682313 https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125685405 Chaucer uses a shift of power throughout the story to each character in "The Wife of Bath's Tale" For example the knight has the power at the beginning of the story when he takes advantage of the woman, then the power goes to the king when he decides to punish the knight, but the king then gives the power to the queen when she asks if she can be the one to choose the knights punishment (Line 79) "ceaselessly, he gave the queen the case and granted her his life, and she could choose whether to show him mercy or refuse", when the queen decided on what she was going to do she then hands the power back to the knight "I'll give you leave, twelve months and a day, That you may go seek", which later the power is given to the old women (witch).]]> 2016-09-22 12:42:31 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125685405 https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125833769 Chaucer uses a shift of power in the Wife of Beth's tale when the knight was put to death by the king, but later given a quest for his life by the queen. Another shift of power, is when the knight, desperate for an answer to task handed to him, came across a seemingly magical, but foul old lady who gave him his answer in exchange for a promise.]]> 2016-09-22 18:22:49 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125833769 https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125860606 Chacer uses the shifting of power to show peoples personality. for example shifting to the old lady showing that "if you do this i need something from you" or the knights willingness to get the answer for the queen]]> 2016-09-22 19:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125860606 https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125874292 Chaucer uses a shift of power in "The wife of Baths Tale" by giving the power to the wife, then switching it back to the husband and the husband then returning it to his wife. In the story, she taught him a lesson, that he can have what he wants, her young and beautiful but not loyal, or have her ugly and loyal, he told her ultimately that it was up to her. He thus switched the power.]]> 2016-09-22 21:05:58 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125874292 https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125912498 Chaucer uses a shift in power to comment on a character by trying to weasel out the truth about them.]]> 2016-09-23 04:08:30 UTC https://padlet.com/poyner/block1_092016/wish/125912498