The Wife of Bth巴斯妇.pptVIP

The Wife of Baths Attitude Towards Love Why we choose this passage? Geoffrey Chaucer is the representative writer in the Medieval English literature. He was regarded as the Father of English Poetry ? Famous works： 《坎特伯雷故事集》The Canterbury Tales 《公爵夫人之书》(Book of the Duchess)、 《声誉之宫》(The House of Fame)、 《百鸟会议》(The Parliament of Birds) 《贤妇传说》(The Legend of Good Woman ) 《坎特伯雷故事集》（The Canterbury Tales） The Canterbury Tales 1. It has 24 stories. 2.It is the description of the pilgrims（朝圣者）who tell stories. 3. It is about the life of ordinary people. 4.It consists of the prologues(序言) of the pilgrims and their tales. 5. It gives vivid characters, with humor and satire. The Tales The famous ones are the story of : 1) the wife of Bath（巴斯夫人）, 2) the Knight（骑士）, 3) the Pardoner（卖赎罪卷者）, 4) the Nun’s Priest（尼姑的教士）, 5) the Prologue（序诗）. The Wife of Bath 巴斯妇 The wife of Bath shows Chaucer’s keen observation. She is light-hearted, merry, somewhat vulgar (粗俗的), and exceedingly talkative. She had married five times. Her first three husbands were old but wealthy; She was in charge of them.The forth one was tortured to death by her. At last,she fell in love with a poor young man. It is a vivid sketch (概述) of a woman of the middle class, and a colorful picture of the domestic life of that class in Chaucer’s day. Attitude Ⅰ Praise be to God that I have wedded five!Of whom I did pick out and choose the bestBoth for their nether purse and for their chest…….. Welcome the sixth whenever come he shall. 祝福上帝，我也结了五次婚！ 他们都是经我选择出来， 在体力方面和金钱方面是最美满的 …….. 我欢迎第六个来，不论何时 Attitude Ⅰ Forsooth, Ill not keep chaste for good and all;When my good husband from the world is gone,Some Christian man shall marry me anon; When my fourth husband lay upon his bier,I wept enough and made but sorry cheer,…….. But since I was provided with a mate,I really wept but little, I may state. 老实说，我不愿完全守节。我的