Objective ...
Students will relate their own ideas and experiences to some of the central themes of the Canterbury Tales. Students will analyze characterization in The Wife of Bath's Tale.
Warm-up ...
CWoD ... METE
Today ...
- Finish reading "The Wife of Bath's Tale" on pp 184-196 in the literature book and working on the study questions as you read. The study questions are on top of the Chromebook cart and can also be found here: Wife of Bath Study Questions
- Once you've finished reading the WoB's Tale ... write a 200-250 word response to EACH OF the following essay prompts ... (This will count as a quiz grade - post your responses to your blog. They are due on there by Friday!).
- Pardoner's Tale - The Pardoner is depicted as a liar, con man, and, essentially, a thief. Yet his tale is very effective morally. What is the message or moral of his tale? How does it contrast with his character traits but still seem appropriate given his values? Do you agree with the message of his tale ... explain.
- Wife of Bath's Tale - The Wife of Bath is depicted as a progressive woman of the time with different ideas about the role and strength of women than Medieval society provides - especially given that she has outlived so many husbands. What is the message or moral of her Tale? How does this compare or contrast with her character traits? Do you agree with the message of her tale ... explain.
- YES ... you have to answer both. YES ... each response is 200-250 words. YES ... you can go over that if you need to.
- Keep your pilgrim charts handy - we will quiz over the pilgrims this week (open chart quiz) and over the Wife of Bath's Tale as well.
