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32 Cards in this Set
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"Myn housbond was at Londoun al that Lente; I hadde the bettre leyser for to pleye."
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Wife
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"He smoot me ones on the list... That of the strook myn ere wax al deef."
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Wife
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"Of which maide anon, maugrie hir heed, by verray force, rafte hire maidenhed."
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(Kinght)
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"That she so fair was, and so yong thereto, For joye he hente hir in his armes two."
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(Knight)
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"I am she which that saved hath youre lyf, and, certes, ye ne dide I yow nevere unright."
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Hag
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"And wan that I hadde getten unto me, by maistrie, al the sovraintetee..."
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Wife
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"After that day we hadden never debaat."
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Wife
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"I governed hem so wel, after my lawe, that ech of hem ful blisful was and fawe to bringe me gaye thinges fro the faire."
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Wife
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"We love no man that taketh kep or charge wher that we goon; we wol ben at our large."
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Wife
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"By God! In erth I was his purgatorie."
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Wife
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"I seye I hadde in herte greet deposit that he of any oother had delit."
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Wife
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"He hadde me bete on evrey bon."
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Wife
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"He nolde suffre nothing of my list."
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Wife
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"women desiren to have sovereinetee as wel over hir housbond as hir love, and for to been in maistrie him above."
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Hag
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"Ne was ther wyf, ne maide, ne widwe, that contraired that he saide."
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(Tale: Knight)
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"At hir wile, to chese wheither she wolde him save or spille."
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(Tale: Queen)
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"And sith they hadde me yeven al hir lond... I sette hem so a-werke."
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Wife
*Sex is a reward for them giving her charge over the land/relationship/life |
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"Which that I took for love, not richesse..."
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Wife
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"If I were widwe, sholde wedde me."
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Wife
*(To Jankin) Already planning her next marriage before the fourth died - Shows how much she hated him (also has the smallest section) |
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"God bad us to wexe and multiplie."
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Wife
*Her justification for marrying so many times - Need to have sex to have children -> can't have sex without marriage |
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"I was like a cat."
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Wife
*Sexually free/promiscuous *Also a common animal |
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"For as a spaynel wol on him lepe."
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Wife
*Promiscuous/easy |
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"Barly breed."
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Wife
*Compares herself to common/unrefined bread -> Virginity is white/purified |
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"Hir covercheifs ful fyne weren of ground; I dorste swere they weyden ten pound..."
"And shoes ful moyste and newe." "Upon an amlere esily she sat." |
The wife is very self-indulgent/has the best
[Also shown in the fact that her prologue is twice the length of her tale] |
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"Hir hosen weren of fyn scarlet reed."
"Gat-toothed." "Housbondes at chirche dore she hadde fyve, withouthen oother compaignye in youthe." "For she koude of thhat art the old daunce." "in wyfhod I wol use myn instrument as fely as myn makere hath sent it." |
She is very sexually free/open - not at all shy if she's flashing her legs - Potentially sex out of marriage
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"As wise womman wol bisie hire evere in oon to gete hir love, ye, ther as sho hath noon."
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Other women should lead by her example
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"My shal it have bothe eve and morwe, whan that him list come forth and paye his dette. An housbonde I wol have, I wol nat lette, which shal be bothe my dettour and my thral.."
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She is the opposite of a 'good wife' [context] - She is clearly the dominant figure in her relationships - wants her husbands to be like slaves serving her
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"So that the clerks be nat with me wrothe, I seye this, that they maked ben for bothe, This is to seye, for office, and for ese of engendoure, ther we nat God displease."
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She disregards the teachings on the bible (clerks and 'auctoritees')
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"For winning wolde I al his list endure."
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Sex = reward for giving her charge
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"with empty hand men may none haukes lure."
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Nothing comes for free
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"Dronken as a mous."
"Sire Shrewe." "I wol nat wirche as muchel as a gnat." |
Derogatory towards her husbands - small/insignificant creature
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"He hath nat every vessel al of gold; somme been of tree, and doon hir lord servise."
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Comparison of Virgins (gold) to her (wood)
-Uses this comparison to say that virginity is not necessarily better - wood is more practical than gold? |
