我曾學過的人文課,比以前graduate school的帶勁多了。
經常要寫簡評,這是其中交上去的一份作業。怎麽樣,not boring!
"The Wife of Bath" Prologue
Is she to be believed?
Answer:
The Wife of Bath recounts her five marriages in the Prologue. She establishes herself as an authority on marriage. The Wife's account of herself appears largely to be honest, as she makes little attempt to conceal. But twice in her Prologue, the wife calls attention to her habit of lying. In line 582, she lied to her fifth husband when she met him that she had dreamed that he would kill her as she slept, filling her bed with blood. Then she confides to her listener, all of this was false: she never had such dream. She states in line 382 and 582 that “and al was fals.” These two statements from herself put her entire story on question.
Reference:
Moore, Andrew R. The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale study guide.