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Chaucer, The Wife of Bath, Analysis of The Prologue

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This document is extremely helpful and looks in depth at Geoffrey Chaucer's The Wife of Bath, purely the Prologue. This document analyses every 50lines of the Prologue and for each 50lines there is an outline of what happens, key quotes ( analysis) and line references, as well as relevant context for that section.

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Chaucer Prologue Breakdown:
Lines  1-50
Outline:
 IntroductonntonthenWifenofnBath
 Focusnonn‘auctoritee’n
 UsesnauctoriteenofnKingnSolomonnwhonhadnmorenthann1nwifen
 Saysnshe’sn“weddednfieen
 Saysnasnsoonnasnhernhusbandndiesnshe’llnmarrynagain,nalmostnimmediatelyn

Key Quotes:
1. “Experience,nthoughnnoonnauctoriteen[…]nisnrightnynoghnfornmentonspekenofnwonthatnisninn
marriagee
nAllusionnthatnshenreliesnonnhernexperiencennonauthoritynbecausenauthoritynwasnmalen
dominatednregardingnaccessntonitnetcn
2. “Godnbadenusnwexenandnmultplieen
nReligiousnauthority,nthisnisnhern“glosenenofnthenBiblen
3. “nonmencionnmadenhe,nOfnbigamienornofnoctogamie;nWhynsholdenmennthanenspekenofnitniileynie?en
nUsesnreligiousnauthorityntonjustfynhernbehaiiourn
4. “thenwisenking,ndaunnSolomon;nIntrowenhenhaddenwiiesnmonthannoonen
nUsesnreligiousnauthorityntonjustfynhernbehaiiourn

Relevant Context:
 RolenofnthenChurchn+nimportancenofnreligiousnauthoritynonnsocietyn
 Onlynmennhadnaccessntoneducatonnetc.n

Lines  50-100
Outline:
 Furtherneiidencenofnhaiingnmorenthannonenpartnern
 SaysnthatnthenApostlendidn’tnsaynyounhadntonbenanVirginn–njustnthatnitnmightnbenangoodnthingn
 Apostlenwasnan“maideenandnsonwantednothersntonbenasnwelln
 Alisonnadmitsnshenwouldn’tnwantntonbeniirginaln

Key Quotes:
1. “Andnechnofnthemnhaddenwiiesnmonthanntwoe
nFurtherneiidencenofnpolygamy
2. “Mennmaynconseillenanwomanntonbenoon,nButnconseillingnisnnoncommandmente
nArguingnthatniirginitynisnnotnnecessarynnornisnitnanuniiersalnlawnsonwenshouldn’tncondemnnitn
3. “Alnwerenitngoodnnonwommannforntontouchen[…]nFornperilnisnbothnfyrnandntownt’assembleen
nThenApostlensaysnitsnbadnfornmennandnwomenntonsexuallyninteractnandnusesnthenmetaphornofn
frenandn“toweni.e.nlaxn–nanlammablenplantn nwouldnbenbadnfornthemntoninteractnbecausenitnwouldn
benwildfren
4. “FreleteenclepenI,nbutnifnthatnhenandnshenwoldenledennalnhirnlyfninnchasttee.nIngrauntenitnwell,nnIn
haiennoonneniiee
n“Freleteeenmeansnweakness,nsonAlisonnisnshockednandnbelieiesnthatnsexnisnnotn
weakness.nModernnPOV.nAlisonnadmitsnshenwouldn’tneniynbeingniirginaln
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