D3 English IV - Wife of Bath by René Curley https://padlet.com/curley_rene00/div92a3a0t8s Wife of Bath's Tale Responses en-us 2017-11-06 22:30:56 UTC 2025-12-09 15:13:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png Identify a theme from the Prologue that is developed in the old crone’s speech on gentility in "The Wife of Bath’s Tale." How does Chaucer develop the identified theme in the tale? curley_rene00 https://padlet.com/curley_rene00/div92a3a0t8s/wish/204150572 2017-11-06 22:31:56 UTC https://padlet.com/curley_rene00/div92a3a0t8s/wish/204150572 How does Chaucer use digressions and first person observations to establish the wife of bath’s narrative voice? How does this structure reinforce a theme of the tale? curley_rene00 https://padlet.com/curley_rene00/div92a3a0t8s/wish/204151176 2017-11-06 22:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/curley_rene00/div92a3a0t8s/wish/204151176 In what ways is a story like “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” an important commentary on the lives of medieval women? curley_rene00 https://padlet.com/curley_rene00/div92a3a0t8s/wish/204151703 2017-11-06 22:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/curley_rene00/div92a3a0t8s/wish/204151703 In today’s society, where might you find individuals who would agree with the Wife of Bath and the philosophy she illustrates with her story? Who might argue against such opinions? curley_rene00 https://padlet.com/curley_rene00/div92a3a0t8s/wish/204151837 2017-11-06 22:38:03 UTC https://padlet.com/curley_rene00/div92a3a0t8s/wish/204151837 According to the Wife of Bath's Tale, what do women really want? Do you agree or disagree? Why? curley_rene00 https://padlet.com/curley_rene00/div92a3a0t8s/wish/204154839 2017-11-06 22:51:54 UTC https://padlet.com/curley_rene00/div92a3a0t8s/wish/204154839 Why might the king willingly allow his wife, the queen, to effect a different punishment for the knight? curley_rene00 https://padlet.com/curley_rene00/div92a3a0t8s/wish/204319730 2017-11-07 13:19:46 UTC https://padlet.com/curley_rene00/div92a3a0t8s/wish/204319730 Why do you think the queen forces the knight to keep his part of the bargain? curley_rene00 https://padlet.com/curley_rene00/div92a3a0t8s/wish/204320903 2017-11-07 13:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/curley_rene00/div92a3a0t8s/wish/204320903 curley_rene00 https://padlet.com/curley_rene00/div92a3a0t8s/wish/204321881 How does the knight show that he has finally learned his lesson about the nature of women? ]]> 2017-11-07 13:24:13 UTC https://padlet.com/curley_rene00/div92a3a0t8s/wish/204321881 What character flaw is the tale-within-a-tale of Midas's wife meant to illustrate? In what ways does this tale support or undercut the main point of the Wife's tale? Explain curley_rene00 https://padlet.com/curley_rene00/div92a3a0t8s/wish/204322528 2017-11-07 13:25:41 UTC https://padlet.com/curley_rene00/div92a3a0t8s/wish/204322528