Woman+of+Bath

Woman of Bath

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Hello, I am Madonna. But in The Canterbury Tales I represent the woman of Bath. I have been successful throughout my life, and have travel throughout the world on many occasions. I have been married more than once and had many lovers in between. I have created and sold over 250 million albums. I have danced for many years which has helped me appreciate music and the arts much more. Just like I’m an artist, the woman of Bath is an artist because it takes a special talent to produce clothing. I have decided to go on a pilgrimage to Disney World to take my new adopted child on the rides.

**Use Textual Evidence to Support ** ||  || Your Modern Character || ||  The woman of Bath, weaver ||  ||  Madonna || Urban |||| Upper Class, Professional Middle-Class (earned a college degree), Skilled middle –class, working class, etc. (you can add your own class if needed) Urban ||
 *  || Character in Chaucer’s Prologue
 * Profession and Name:
 * Their Class:  || feudal, urban, or religious
 * Physical Description:

<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';"> <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Deaf <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">nice clothing <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">heavy woman <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">soft new shoes <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">gapped teeth

|||| <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';"> <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Thin and in shape <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Nice clothing <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Gapped tooth <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Elderly || What kind of person is he/she?
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Description of Personality:

<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';"> <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">5 husbands <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Creative <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Self Centered <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Likes to travel

“In company she liked to laugh and chat And knew the remedies for love’s mischances, An art in which she knew the oldest dance.”(Chaucer, 484-486)

|||| <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';"> <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Caring <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Likes attention <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Spiritual <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Caring <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">v <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Creative with her music || <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">What we get out of this character is that she is self centered and that she likes attention from everyone.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Chaucer’s Opinion of the Character: Does he have a positive or negative view of the character? Be careful of his sarcasm!

|||| <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Explain how this modern equivalent would fit the positive or negative view.

Madonna is in the public eye all the time, she has become || || <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Statement asserting the characterization:
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Statement/Justification:

She is an attention seeker, who has traveled throughout her time. |||| <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';">Justification for why this character is the modern equivalent of Chaucer’s character:

Madonna has been very successful throughout her life, she has been in the lime light for over 20 years, and I’m sure doesn’t mind the attention either.

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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">**__Explore the Other Characters__**:(**Fill in below for THREE characters)** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> Name of the Character 1:

Physician

What you learned about the character:

He cares mainly about appearance and he will do anything to improve someones health.

How would your character react to this character. Explain WHY. I think that the woman of Bath would be very happy to be friends with him because she is very self centered and would do anything to look better and be the center of attention.

Name of the Character 2:

Oxford Cleric

What you learned about the character:

He is very poor and he chooses to save money to get a good education to be successful.

How would your character react to this character. Explain WHY.

I do not think that she would like him because he is poor and the woman of Bath has money and she beleives that she is above the rest of the people in the story.

Name of the Character 3:

Pardoner

What you learned about the character:

He is a scam artists and uses his abilities to rid people of their money.

How would your character react to this character. Explain WHY.

I think that they would get along. They are both in the same social class. The woman of bath may ave the same tendancies as the Pardoner.