A 6 page paper providing a chronicle of women's social and legal status during the period of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Bibliography lists 7 sources. A 6 page paper on the character of the Wife of Bath in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The paper particularly centers around her feminist arguments justifying both her aggressiveness and her sexuality.
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A 5 page essay which examines how Chaucer's expert use of physical description contributed to his characterization of the Wife of Bath. The writer shows how Chaucer's description laid the basis for the Wife's characterization and helped establish her as a cultural icon which has endured for over 600 years. Quotations from the source. Seven sources cited. Chauc.wps Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' vs.