EN390 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Reinforcement, Cuckold, Proverb
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Seems to be a response to the wife of bath"s tale: competitive nature continued, go from extreme woman in marriage to another perspective. Patient griselda name is a proverb for how patient she is. He tests griselda"s patience in a bunch of ways- kidnaps and pretends to kill their children: stays clam and passive. Husband is just a sadistic jerk, mentally torturing her in the most extreme fashion. Not in kitridge"s marriage group (previous critic) P. 208- host"s reaction is wishing his wife had heard the tale: story focuses on a passive woman, so what does it say about the host"s character. Will be talking about woe, weeping, and wailing- to be parallel with the wife of bath"s tale. His wife was terrible, even a match for the devil; very unlike griselda. Only been married 2 months and already can absolutely not stand her.
