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Warm-up. “Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own, which is the chief reason so few are offended by it .” –Jonathan Swift Reflect on the above definition, and in your own words, explain satire. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
WARM-UP“Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally
discover everybody’s face but their own, which is the chief
reason so few are offended by it.” –Jonathan Swift
Reflect on the above definition, and in your own words,
explain satire.
Name three examples of satire (real in the media or made-
up) in modern day. Explain the satire in each of these.
WIFE OF BATH READING QUIZ
vHow old was she when she first wed?
vWhich husband did she love most, and why?
vWhy is she deaf in one ear?
vWhy does the knight have to go on a quest to find what
women want most?
vWhat is the secret, and who ultimately tells him the
secret?
vWhat price does the knight have to pay the old woman?
vWhat happens in the end? Be specific.
WARM-UP 09/30
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rite a sentence for each of your vocabulary
words.
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hen you are finished, review for your quiz.
SATIRE IN CHAUCER’S WIFE OF BATH
BURLESQUEI
n the US, refers mainly to cabaret dancers.
I
n satire, is an umbrella term that refers to the kind of satire that creates a
discrepancy between subject and style.
T
RAVESTY PARODY
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Mockery of something serious -Imitation of an author
work
WIFE OF BATHM
ost famous character
F
eminist
C
ontroversial figure
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omewhat deaf
R
eligious
F
lashy dress• Heavy head cover; huge hat; scarlet red stockings; new shoes; sharp spurs
L
arge stature; gap teeth
M
arried 5 times
E
xpert on marriage
THE BIG QUESTION
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s Chaucer satirizing feminists or is he satirizing anti-feminists?
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atirizing feminists: A warning about what would happen if women had
power.
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atirizing anti-feminists: a story mocking the fears people have about
what would happen if women gained power.
WHO’S TALKING?
C
haucer the Pilgrim• Character on the journey, traveling with the group.• Can be blamed for anything he says.• Narrator of the story.
C
haucer the Writer• Man behind all of the tales.• Which of his pilgrim’s views can we assume are his own?• He can hide behind “Chaucer the Pilgrim”
CHAUCER VS. CHURCH
T
he views of the church fathers are incredibly black and white
and very rigid, which make them either:
• A) Easy to criticize and satirize because they are so extreme.• B) To be taken very seriously because of how strict they are
and how influential they were.• Some evidence even suggests that a woman’s submission to her
husband was written in medieval law.
GUIDING QUESTION
Is the Wife of Bath an object of satire or an
instrument of it?Object: Antifeminist View
• Warning against what happens when women gain power; a monster is created. Women will use their sexual powers for nothing but harm.
Instrument: Feminist View• Exposes the absurdity of the strict views of marriage, sex, and
gender roles held by the “authorities” of the time; exposes the absurdity of their fear of women taking power through an extreme, unrealistic example
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omewhat deaf.
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killed in cloth-making.
1st to offering at church.
• Would get angry if someone went ahead; lost charity for her neighbor.
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ther women scared of her.
F
lashy dress• Heavy head cover; huge hat; scarlet red
stockings; new shoes; sharp spurs
B
old facial features
R
ed coloring (hair and skin, fair)
WOB: ACCORDING TO CHAUCER THE PILGRIM
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idely set apart teeth
L
arge hips; skirt covering
M
arried 5 husbands.• Not counting other company in her youth.
3
religious pilgrimages.• Jerusalem
T
raveled many exotic places
K
new how to laugh and chatter; sociable
K
new about love’s remedies
QUESTIONS TO CONSIDERH
as Chaucer created a monster by bringing the antifeminist tradition to life in
The Wife of Bath? Or, does Chaucer refute that tradition by showing the
absurdity of the antifeminist fear?
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he Wife of Bath claims that “experience” is a better guide to truth than learned
“authorities.” Is there any evidence that Chaucer believes this and is thereby
giving us reason to question the authorities?
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as he assembled all the authorities cited in the “Prologue” in order to
demonstrate their shortcomings? Or does the Wife expose her own moral
deficiencies in her effort to dismiss them? (In other words, is this a caution
against not taking the authorities seriously? Or is this an affirmation that there
ARE problems with their thinking?)
THE WIFE OF BATH: IS SHE CONVINCING?
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ith a partner, you will read and analyze The Wife of Bath’s
arguments in her prologue. You should locate 8 arguments of
the Church Fathers and 8 counter-arguments of The Wife of
Bath. Cut out the 8 arguments of each and glue them in the
appropriate categories. Then you will summarize the argument
and decide who you think is more convincing.