the old hag
what choices did the old hag give the knight?
to have an ugly and old wife who is faithful or to have a young beautiful wife who is unfaithful
what was the knights response to the wife of bath's question?
he did not answer a specific answer. He let the old hag choose for him
could you name one literary device mentioned in the powerpoint.
logos or allusion or consonance
what are the two things Chaucer is criticizing?
criticizing the church and societies view on different social estate
fairies existed during the time the old hag lived? t/f
false, they were extinct
What did the old hag ask the knight to do in return for saving his life?
to marry her
what answer did the knight give the queen?
women's desire is to be in control over her husband/lover
what is consonance?
the recurrence of similar-sounding consonants in close proximity, especially in prosody.
what is one part of the wife of baths tale that shows Chaucer's views on the church?
the part of the friars and faries
the wife of bath had a tailoring job? t/f
t/f the old hag did not force the knight to marry her
false
in what way did the knight have poor morality?
he was rude to the old hag
what is logos
Logos (appeal to logic) is a way of persuading an audience with reason, using facts and figures
what about societies view on social classes does Chaucer criticize?
when the knight calls out the old hag for her looks and her social class
in what estate was the old hag in?
lower estate
What social class was the knight in?
first estate
what is an allusion?
Allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers.
how does Chaucer show that people in higher estates may also have low morality
through the old hag’s speech to the knight when he called her out