The Canterbury Tales - The Wife of Bath's Tale

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Who was the first pilgrim to go to Canterbury?

1. Pope Julius III
2. King Henry II
3. Queen Elisabeth I
4. Prince William

Pilgrims go to Canterbury to honour a martyr: who?

1. Jesus Christ
2. Joan of Arc
3. St Sebastian
4. St Thomas Becket

Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?

1. William Shakespeare
2. Christopher Marlowe
3. Thomas Malory
4. Geoffrey Chaucer

In what century were The Canterbury Tales written?

1. 12th century
2. 13th century
3. 14th century
4. 15th century

THE CANTERBURY TALES...

• "leaving town" --> which one?
•  a "Middle English poem" = ?
• to pass the time away, they ...?
• pilgrims of every social class...
• "the writing is vernacular" = ?

THE CANTERBURY TALES...

• "leaving town" --> which one?
•  a "Middle English poem" = ?
• to pass the time away, they ...?
• pilgrims of every social class...
• "the writing is vernacular" = ?

May-December relationships are mainly a celebrity thing.

YES

NO

DON'T KNOW

If one of my peers fancied or started seeing a much older man or woman I would try to talk him or her out of this.

OF COURSE!

NO... LIVE AND LET LIVE

I DON'T KNOW

A young lover’s passion and stamina keeps an older partner young.

OF COURSE!

NO... WHY SHOULD THEY?

NO IDEA

Imagine this: one of your grandparents has been widowed for some time now and falls desperately in love with someone 20 or 25 years younger or older than he or she is. They start a relationship. How would the family react?

PROGRESSIVE READING: 1

What would your answer to the question of the queen be?

PROGRESSIVE READING: 2

What do women want?

PROGRESSIVE READING: 3

What is the old woman (loathly lady) going to ask in return?

PROGRESSIVE READING: 4

What is the correct answer to the question the knight had to answer?

PROGRESSIVE READING: 5

• What does the knight have to do in return?
• The knight being a KNIGHT, he has to follow the rules of good chivalry. How should he behave?
  

PROGRESSIVE READING: 5

PROGRESSIVE READING: 5

• DOES the knight behave like a good knight, according to the old lady? How (not)?
• In the next section, the knight will get the choice between two options, a real dilemma:
  - what is that dilemma?
  - what is the right decision?
  - does the knight make the right decision?

PROGRESSIVE READING: 6

PROGRESSIVE READING: 6

• What is the right decision?
• How could you have known this already from the start?
• Would you call the Wife of Bath a feminist? 

A HAPPY END?

How did you like the story?

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