Alysoun
19 important questions on Alysoun
Why do you think critical discussion of the tale is secondary to the prologue?
The tale is 400 lines and the prologue is 800 lines = her unusually long speech overshadows the tale.
What does she declare in terms of her 'experience'?
It will authenticate her exposition of marriage better than male "authoritee". i.e. female 'experience' vs male "learning"
How does the WOB highlight that women cannot keep a secret?
She refers to her own version of Midas and his ass's ears from Ovid's "Metamorphoses"
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What argument about the hag's marriage forms similarities with the WOB?
The hag could be manufacturing her marriage to the knight purely to improve her standing in society.
Why is it unsurprising that the WOB and her tale advocate a number of "feminist" values?
She is a strong character = unafraid to challenge society.
What does the WOB marry for? What is the exception?
For money - the exception is Jankin, her fifth marriage
Why does the WOB go on pilgrimages?
- offers her an audience
- education (adds to her experience)
Why is Jankin the toughest match for the WOB?
He is intelligent/ educated which he employs his authority over her, he is powerful + she loves him
Why would the Wob not like the fact that her 4th husband had a "paramour"? How does this link to 'Tis Pity?
The WOB uses sex to gain control over her husbands - if he choses to go to another for pleasure, it diminishes her power = he has dominance over WOB? - links to HIppolita as Soranzo has found Annabella and therefore does not need Hippolita anymore
How does the WOB demonstrate her dominance over her husbands using "Metellius"?
Metellius beat his wife to death because she was drunk - she has confidence that he could not have done that to her, "He sholde nat han daunted me fro drinke!"
What is the ultimate punishment the Wob gives to her fourth husband?
She outlived him, gave him a bad grave and took his money = her victory
- a great tomb was seem as prestigious
What is different about the Wob's revenge on her fourth husband and 'Tis Pity?
Her revenge is private - "save God and he" - only him and God know how cruel she was to her husband e.g. "I was his purgatorie" (place of physical suffering)
How was Jankin different from her other husbands?
He was only 20 = it was the WOB's turn to be the older partner - unusual in Medieval marriages
He was not rich, "no richesse" = WOB blinded by love that she no longer cares about her social standing e.g. "he hadde enchanted me" line 575 - love is a kind of enchantment, it tricks you
Why would the WOB go around her neighbours houses?
To here the gossip, "to heere sondry tales"
What can we say about the WOB's clothing?
She dresses to be noticed (she only goes to public occasions to be noticed) e.g. she wears "gaye scarlet gites" - scarlet red (dominance)
How does the WOB attract younger men?
By emphasising her wealth e.g. she tells Jankin her dream where he killed her and she bled "blood bitokeneth gold" = IRONY - she usually marries for money
Why is the WOB opening up to love dangerous?
Vulnerability - she loves Jankin who hits her - 'TIS PITY
What evidence shows that the WOB asserts her authority over Jankin?
After he hits her, he forbids her from leaving the house, but she does so anyway = freedom and maistrie - "Stibourn I was as is a leonesse"
Why would Jankin not want the WOB leaving the house?
Insecurity of males - if the women goes out she has the opportunity of adultery = male attitudes towards female sexuality = 'TIS PITY e.g. when R sends P to an adultery
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