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The Characters In Chaucer's "The Clerks Tale" And "The Wife Of Bath Tale"
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In "The Clerks Tale" and "The Wife of Bath Tale" from Geoffrey
Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, characters are demanding, powerful and
manipulating in order to gain obedience from others. From all of The
Canterbury Tales, "The Clerks Tale" and "The Wife of Baths .... Middle of Essay
.... One difference between these tales however is
that "The Clerks Tale" is a very unrealistic story, whereas "The Wife of
Baths Tale" is a more practical story and would have the possibility of
taking place.
Between the two stories, the Wife of Bath and Walter are both
characters who are the most demanding in order to gain obedience. Both
characters demand love, a sign of obedience to them. Walter tells Griselda
that the only way they will marry is if she promises to obey his commands.
He says "you love me as I know and would obey, being my leige-man born and
faithful to whatever pleases me I dare to say may succeed in also pleasing
you"(329) ....
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