She gets to choose how she wants him to be?

nobody can keep track of the number of men she has been married to and it is talked about often as people tend to speculate without really knowing

Beshrew means to make wicked; deprave.

So the fifth husband was kind yet he would beat her up and leave her bruises

how exactly did he die? she states before, "in his own thick grease I made him fry". she's the reason for his death, but what did she do to him?

Everything is being taken away from her as she starts to age.

I don't understand how the niece is involved?

I don't understand how she is being compared with a cat?

God gave her her body so she will do whatever she wants with it.

He is saying that genitals weren't only made to tell the difference between male and female.

continence means the ability to control movements of the bowels and ladder.

Chaste means abstaining from extramartial or from all sexual intercourse.

Forsooth means indeed (often used ironically or to express surprise or indignation)

I just noticed that there is some alliteration in this! If I am correct, the sentences end with " wives, lives. wit, fit. alive, five".

wit means mental sharpness and inventiveness; keen; intelligence.

Bigamy means the act of going through a marriage ceremony while already married to another person.

She has been married five times already starting from the age of twelve.

In both the prologue and the tale, the wife of Bath discusses marriage, virginity, and most importantly, sovereignty. Being a prideful woman who has been married five times, she considers herself an authority in the society--she calls her men slave, manipulates them on the bed, and governs them according to her way. What's ironic is that she uses the Bible as justification to pardon her behavior even though she is not genuinely religious. On a side note, I think the detailed descriptions of each of her five husbands are important to support her strength over men as she is trying to explain how she can control all her husbands.

an industrial town situated in the Swale district of Kent in south east England, 17 miles from Canterbury

curse

from Denmark to India

besides

a drink supposed to arouse love, desire, etc.

Before the thunder passes, it always rains.

scissors

mistress

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deianira

unlucky

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthippe

I almost thought she has already told us. Her stories are longggggggggggggg.

A diocese is the area over which a bishop has control.

An abbess is the nun who is in charge of the other nuns in a convent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jovinian

LOL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Sulpicius_Gallus

brief romantic relationship

She loves to express herself!

Is it the reason why she loved him best out of all her husbands?

She is kinda cute in a certain way--she thinks the gap between her front teeth makes her attractive.

lust

a group of stars which form a pattern and have a name

She has lived her life to the fullest and she does not regret anything.

cheerful behavior

Purgatory is the place where Roman Catholics believe the spirits of dead people are sent to suffer for their sins before they go to heaven.

She hates the fact that her fourth husband had a mistress. So to punish him, she makes him jealous by letting him think that she is not faithful to him.

Priests

Bigamy is defined as the act of going through a marriage ceremony while already married to another person.

to listen to

a male goose

And if she’s ugly, you say that she’s after every man there is.

She regrets all the times she remarried and I can understand why. I am just wondering whether these marriages were her choice or if she was forced to do so.

If she’s beautiful, you accuse her of being the object of every lecher’s desire.

That's interesting I wonder why she wed so many times. Did she lose most of her husbands in battle or something? Also I find this kind of sad she probably did not even want to. Its possible she could have really been in love with one though.

Thanking the lord for every day they get to live.

I did not enjoy this story as much passed the first few hundred lines. I really enjoyed how she called attention to possible hypocrisies, though I think they are quite weak and ill-informed, but it made me think for a second, which is something I always enjoy in a story. After all, isn't the point of a story to share knowledge. What better way to do that than to question what you think you know. However, after that, the story progressed very slowly and just didn't have much to it.

intensely angry

arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance

to express opinions

the condition of belonging to the gentry: upper or ruling class

showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care

lover

to be on the go without a specific aim or purpose

also

a wily subterfuge

This is not the first time I have seen this contraction in our readings, but I think it is worth pointing out that this is actually the grammatically correct form of "shan't," which is a contraction for "shall not," since we also omitted the "ll" in shall.

a person in his or her dotage: a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness

Women are not things to be owned and commanded about.

What an intense tale. There were parts of the tale that seemed like it was going no where but it all eventually came together towards the end. I wonder if these tales are similar to what even existed or occurred during the medieval times. I appreciated the women power and feminism that the tale had to offer.

refers to the concept of a sort of nobility of spirit -- concept of chivalry

This is so odd. He grabs her butt and says he'll die if she doesn't grant him her love? Is there a better way to seduce someone?

Nicholas has been waiting for this day to come haha!

The carpenter is an uneducated fellow who did not read Cato, who advises that men should marry women the same age as themselves. But since he has fallen into this trap, he has to make the best of things, like everybody else.

The Distichs of Cato (Latin: Catonis Disticha, most famously known simply as Cato), is a Latin collection of proverbial wisdom and morality by an unknown author named Dionysius Cato from the 3rd or 4th century AD.

The wife is young and carefree and the carpenter is old and very frightened of her having sex with other men.

He has a great voice that is always a delight to hear.

He keeps his body as fragrant as a liquorice root.

The narrator gives us an extensive description of Nicholas's character.

Don't take seriously what is only meant in fun.

wrong; mistaken

the fact or appearance of belonging to a high social class

Only unmarried men can be sure they’ve never been cheated on by a wife. Wise words.

Surplice is a loose white linen vestment varying from hip-length to calf-length, worn over a cassock by clergy, acolytes, and choristers at Christian church services.

I like that we get this little description of the wife. You can picture a young and beautiful caring woman who will surely have other men after her. Explains why someone would be jealous and protective of her.

If the girl is wild and young then this must be a very boring life she is about to live with the older man. He is going to keep her from being able to do anything. I should keep in mind that this is the older days so not sure what kind of fun things there was to do this time anyway.

This does not sound too good. Hiding her from the world would be very unfortunate for the woman. Although it does say he is jealous so would this imply that he at least does love her and only want her to himself?

He is drunk so they might be thinking that he is only speaking non sense therefore telling him to shut up.

Plentiful

Alright, this was enjoyable, especially at the end. I'm not sure what the moral of the story was or if there was even supposed to be one. It seems to me that nothing too bad happened to any party. The carpenter was thought to be insane by the end, and Nicholas burned his butt, but in neither scenario am I able to draw a meaningful conclusion. Anyhow, this reading was more enjoyable than the last and quite hilarious.

Never have I ever laughed so hard!

My reflection; It was a good story, I just didn't like how the carpenter was being treated. I'm not a big fan of stories that talk about being unfaithful to their spouse, but you can tell that the author has some really good imagination.

She will only kiss him if he leaves her alone after the kiss?

means a lengthy and complicated procedure.

Purvey means to provide or supply food, drink, or other goods as one's business

Espy means catch sight of.

Wits means mental sharpness and inventiveness; keen intelligence

This also contradicts with Noah's story. God did not warn Noah off telling others of the impending doom. In fact, he found it his duty to tell, yet none believed. Here, they are creeping around, not telling a soul. I can see why Nicholas has set his story up this way, but I do not understand how everyone isn't seeing through his story.

Ail means trouble or afflict (someone) in mind or body

A very discount ark.

to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for

This is quite interesting to me that Nicholas is claiming God will flood the earth again, as he did in Noah's time, but with even more water. I think this is particularly odd and difficult to believe for the believer of God and Christ as after Noah's flood, God promised to never flood the earth again and symbolized this with a rainbow. So, Nicholas claiming there is another flood to come, as told to him by Christ, makes no sense.

Sickness

I don't think many people, let alone women, would enjoy being compared to a weasel.

The text states here that here is only one saving grace. This explains that people cannot be their own saviors and that their own actions will not serve as proper acts of redemption. According to the text, in order to be truly saved and holy one must seek God and confide in God.

People easily slip up and when they do someone will always be there to watch it happen

wants to be saved even if it brings financial hardship unto others

noun. an unprincipled person (often used humorously or affectionately).

noun. a situation characterized by lack of progress or activity.

Giving your soul and your mind one can be promised salvation

He is aware of his own abilities and wants to make the most of them. The abilities are linked back to God and utilizing their gifted abilities from God serve as their sole purpose for doing things. Almost as if they are giving back to God.

noun. gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire, need, or habit or a person with such a desire, etc.).

noun. a senior Christian cleric (in the early Church a deacon, in the modern Anglican Church a priest) to whom a bishop delegates certain responsibilities.

Bailiff is defined as an official in a court of law who keeps order, looks after prisoners, etc. however I'm not quite sure if that is what is being referred to in this line?

This guy is hunting for his next victims. I love the way they used "lurking for his prey" that actually sounded pretty cool.

Wenches is defined as young women however it also refers to a prostitute.

Hare is defined as a fast-running, long-eared mammal that resembles a large rabbit, having long hind legs and occurring typically in grassland or open woodland.

Damn this sounds very cruel.

Simony is defined as the buying or selling of ecclesiastical privileges, for example pardons or benefices.

"Usury" is defined as the illegal action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest.

Bawdy refers to obscenity in speech or writing.

"Dire" would mean serious/urgent so he sounds like someone who sure is very serious without even showing so much as a smile.

noun. a fine-grained, translucent form of gypsum, typically white, often carved into ornaments.

noun. a ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way.

existentialism and becoming aware of man's two true fates

This is all very dramatic but it explains the emotions felt so incredibly well. Weeping and wailing are elicit so much emotion from me as a reader. Especially when pairing the feelings of loneliness and heartbreak.

adverb. secretly

Seems less of an agreement if he was forced into it, but I suppose it had to be done

They loved each other so much and grew so close to one another that they would visit each other in different worlds of the afterlife. That is a very close relationship. Death could not do them part.

verb. be of the opinion; think or suppose.

he was comforting the women as his duty as a knight

begging for empathy, for an understanding of what the women are enduring

adjective. deserving or arousing pity.

This description of the woman's lifeless face makes her sound insincere

extremely powerful cry

noun. a formal procession of people walking, on horseback, or riding in vehicles.

Maybe the new queen changed the kingdom's view of women

Term used to express sorrow

All that he made equates to the size of a hazelnut- I think this depicts how fragile life is.

For a second I was confused by the context of "she" here, is this referring to that fact that in this story Christ is depicted as a mother with feminine characteristics.

Is this referencing when Christ dies on the cross and the blood is because of his hands and feet being nailed.

Is she going to suffer all of the wounds that Christ suffered?

She is saved just as she begins to die.

Even though she doesn't want to die, she isn't afraid of death because she knows that God will take care of her.

is she seeing God as when he died with the thorns in his head?

Julian has passed and feels all the pain taken away from her

they have sent a priest to anoint her, pray over her so that she may be forgiven of any sins and may raise up to the Lord.

Julian is really sick and feels that although she is young and has barley lived life on earth, she has come to terms with dying. Apparently she has nothing to live for and isn't scared to let go because she knows God is by her side.

so would she die and come to off and on throughout the night?

feeling lethargic

He was a wealthy man and very well off as it seems he never had to worry about being short of anything. "He was in his own country" to me translates to he lives by his own rules. It makes me thing back to colonial times where wealthy landowners had control of government since they were the only individuals allowed to be politically active.

I really like this example of how pristine and proper this woman is. The writer uses an example that I feel many people wouldn't use to show how a person is so clean. By using something so common like drinking from a cup I think it makes the reader's view of her more detailed.

A wimple is an ancient form of female headdress, formed of a large piece of cloth worn around the neck and chin, and covering the top of the head. Its use developed in early medieval Europe. Today the wimple is worn by certain nuns who retain a traditional habit. When I think of wimple, I think of a hijab that modern day muslims wear as a symbol of their religion. The reason that I connected the two of them is because they are both signs of religions and are bother worn on the head of females or women.

Dartmouth founded in 1750, is a former city and planning area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia.. Dartmouth is still the geographic name that is used by all levels of government for mapping, 9-1-1, planning, and is recognised by the Halifax Regional Municipality as a place-name for civic addressing.

Stables usually with living quarters built around a court. Make a characteristic high-pitched crying noise (of a cat or some kinds of bird). The high-pitched crying noise made by a cat or bird or other animal.

Sharp or pungent in taste or smell. Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret. The use of comparing him to cooking is the use of a literary device called a metaphor.

He is only doing what he needs to get by. He focuses all of his time on learning and focuses on nothing else. This may be why he looks so thin, he spends all of his money on learning rather than food

It seems that Miller might not be the greatest guy. The second half of this makes him seem inferior

Was Miller a black man? or was he nostrils the only thing that we're black? if so, that weird

Being characterized by or showing interest or concern. Having eager or anxious to do something.

So the author went to describing him very attractive to not so attractive all of a sudden. This was kind of unexpected

Relating to the assistance of those in need. The apt to judge others leniently or favorably.

Yup, I was write. This man is built very nice

I feel like that this kind or contradicts itself. Why is it saying that she spoke French fairly and fluently? When someone says they can speak a language fairly, I personally tend to associate that with them only getting the basics of the language, but when someone says I can speak a language fluently, I associate that with them being able to consistently speak another language with hesitation. So how she can speak a language fluently and fairly at the same time is confusing.

a cloth headdress covering the head, neck, and the sides of the face, formerly worn by women and still worn by some nuns.

Not saying that a gapped tooth is not attractive but is this statement kind of throwing shade by randomly pointing out her flaw? seems kind of unnecessary to me.

Why did she have five husbands? Was she married to them all at the same time? or divorced and married each one at a time?

she had "been" respectable all her life? Could this mean that this will change or has changed?

I like the way this is worded to show how he was an outsider. It is a great way to show his feelings with out just flat out saying them, You kind of have to use context clues to understand the reference. I feel like it adds to the overall piece.

That is quite heavy for a dress. I wonder how it was made

of, relating to, or having the rank of a yeoman. 2 : becoming or suitable to a yeoman : sturdy, loyal yeomanly surveillance efforts.

How is it a pity if she is just somewhat deaf? This does not make me feel too bad for her if she is just "somewhat deaf" I think the author may want to make us feel bad for her from the start

The location at a town in Northwestern Algeria, and the capital of the the province of the same name.

It is nice the author gave out his nice because he did not do that with the Knight

Cloisterer: one belonging to or living in a cloister : recluse. Cloister: a covered walk in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral, typically with a wall on one side and a colonnade open to a quadrangle on the other.

Why does this man seem like the has a solution for every problem? I understand he is a friar but he almost seems too perfect in a sense.

Are they referring to the same flirting that we all know of or this does word have a different meaning?

The Friar seems to be a very kind hearted and caring man. This makes him look very respectable to the readers

Just realized that there is a lot of rhyming going on here. Flows very nicely

(of a priest) hear the confession of, assign penance to, and absolve (someone).

Does this mean that he was not judgmental at all?

Wow, this is sweet but at the same time why is he arranging marriages? Is that was Friars do?

So he gossips a lot? I am not sure if this a good trait to have. Im sensing that something might go down involving him.

a weasel-like Eurasian mammal (genus Mustela, family Mustelidae ) with mainly dark brown fur and a darker mask across the eyes, noted for ejecting a fetid fluid when threatened.

They are fake though. lol this guy is a true troll

a fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.

extreme greed for wealth or material gain.

Gender Politics -- targets women for adultery

What is the great age? Is this a allusion or metaphor to something else?

Is this a character we are supposed to be aware of?

having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire.

Seems to be preaching about all the things that he does - Is he a hypocrite? Even if he knows what he's doing but does it any ways

Practices that date back even to medieval times

Everything comes for a price of something - something is always expected

Biblical quotation in Latin that means "greed is the root of evil". This Latin phrase is a translation of the original Greek manuscripts of the Bible.

reedy, acquisitive, grasping, avaricious mean having or showing a strong desire for especially material possessions

Makes it seem like he has wrong intentions for the sermon - to take revenge?

So they are total fakes?

Pardoner truly knows how to manipulate the emotions of the audience -- Also again with animal references

This was an interesting tale. He introduces himself as a pardoner, someone who preaches to do better than sins but he sins just as much. But then he continues to tell the tale about just preaching. This tale really proved the medieval tales theme of church corruption. This is just one part of the church we see so its crazy to think how big of a deal the corruption must actually be.