Humanities 201 The Wife of Bath Homework

hi I have a homework on humanities class

Read both the General Prologue, Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale, conduct some research and prepare notes guided by the following questions.

•What was the nature of institution of marriage during the medieval times?

•What was the place of women in medieval society?

•What were the attitudes towards women and marriage during Chaucer’s time?

•What was the role of Church in shaping the institution of marriage?

•Why do you think Chaucer chose a female narrator/character to tell this tale?

•What does this tale reveal of Wife of Bath’s character?

•What is the moral of this story? What is the argument? Is s/he successful in advancing this argument? Explain your answer with examples.

•To what extend do you think this story reveals the moral order of medieval life?