The Wife of Bath by Hercules Lianos https://padlet.com/lianosh1/xtnna3vjba1vokev en-us 2022-12-13 18:25:59 UTC 2025-10-23 13:55:49 UTC hello@padlet.com lianosh1 https://padlet.com/lianosh1/xtnna3vjba1vokev/wish/2419617365 1. What is the wife of Bath’s tone in her narration?]]> 2022-12-13 18:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lianosh1/xtnna3vjba1vokev/wish/2419617365 Had God Commanded maidenhood to all / Marriage would be condemned beyond recall/ And certainly if seed were never sown, / How could virginity be grown? lianosh1 https://padlet.com/lianosh1/xtnna3vjba1vokev/wish/2419619935 2. What is the Wife’s argument here?]]> 2022-12-13 18:31:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lianosh1/xtnna3vjba1vokev/wish/2419619935 lianosh1 https://padlet.com/lianosh1/xtnna3vjba1vokev/wish/2419620991 3. Why does the Wife consider three of the husbands to have been “good”? Provide a quote for support and explain it.]]> 2022-12-13 18:32:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lianosh1/xtnna3vjba1vokev/wish/2419620991 Lies, tears and spinning are things God gives / By nature to a woman, while she lives./So there’s one thing at least that I can boast, / That in the end I always ruled the roast; / Cunning or force was sure to make them stumble, / And always keep up a steady grumble. lianosh1 https://padlet.com/lianosh1/xtnna3vjba1vokev/wish/2419624941 4. Why would the Wife of Bath think it’s natural for women to have these traits?

]]> 2022-12-13 18:35:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lianosh1/xtnna3vjba1vokev/wish/2419624941 For Venus sent me feeling from the stars/ And my heart’s boldness came to me from Mars. / Venus gave to me desire and lecherousness / And Mars my hardihood, or so I guess, lianosh1 https://padlet.com/lianosh1/xtnna3vjba1vokev/wish/2419626021 5. Who were Venus and Mars? What does this self characterization tell us about the Wife? ]]> 2022-12-13 18:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lianosh1/xtnna3vjba1vokev/wish/2419626021 lianosh1 https://padlet.com/lianosh1/xtnna3vjba1vokev/wish/2419626873 6. What central theme did the stories the wife’s fifth husband read have? What does this tell us about literature throughout the ages?]]> 2022-12-13 18:36:45 UTC https://padlet.com/lianosh1/xtnna3vjba1vokev/wish/2419626873 Gentility is only the renown/ For bounty that your fathers handed down / Quite foreign to your person not your own; / Gentility must come from God alone. lianosh1 https://padlet.com/lianosh1/xtnna3vjba1vokev/wish/2419631252 7. Paraphrase this quote. How might it relate to our significance on the Canterbury Tales as a work of literature?

]]> 2022-12-13 18:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lianosh1/xtnna3vjba1vokev/wish/2419631252 Discuss with your group members. Then, assign a scribe to record a collective response to each question. lianosh1 https://padlet.com/lianosh1/xtnna3vjba1vokev/wish/2419636393 2022-12-13 18:43:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lianosh1/xtnna3vjba1vokev/wish/2419636393 6. What central theme did the stories the wife’s fifth husband read have? What does this tell us about literature throughout the ages? gripiotisa24_2 https://padlet.com/lianosh1/xtnna3vjba1vokev/wish/2421828235 2022-12-15 13:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lianosh1/xtnna3vjba1vokev/wish/2421828235