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WE ARE GOING WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT …TO PRESENT …

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The Idea of the Woman The Idea of the Woman inin

the Middle Ages the Middle Ages

A Nun A Mother

A wife

In the Middle Ages a woman was given very poor consideration. She was mainly seen as a “wife”, “mother” or “prioress”.

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The character is introduced in very positive terms, The character is introduced in very positive terms, but she doe not represent the perfect nun. Her but she doe not represent the perfect nun. Her characterization allows the reader to make a picture characterization allows the reader to make a picture representation of the medieval figure of the nun.representation of the medieval figure of the nun.

THE PERFECT NUN THE PRIORESS

poor rich

charitable towards poor people

selfish

simple and pure person elegant, fair-weather, egoist and eccentric person

chaste Mystery (In the last line there is a reference to the words “amor vincit omnia”, the reader doesn’t understand for whom such love was addressed to.Man or God ?)

Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Prioress

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The Wife from Bonnie George CampbellBonnie George Campbell

“And out cam his bonnie bryde, riving her hair”

The image of a desperate woman for her husband’ s death

a woman without husband is not able to survive.

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THE MOTHER from

LORD RANDAL

She suddenly sees that there's something wrong with her son

She asks what he's going to leave her

The woman = here a good MOTHER, but even if worried for her son, she is worried for what She willinherit from him, too.

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MODELSMODELSThree models of medieval womenThree models of medieval women

She was subdued to men

She was not independent

She had to stay at home and be

mainly a mother

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Whywas the woman considered only as.a mother or a wife!?

? ? Our question

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People's opinion has always been very important

Society recognized ability to generate children and assure lineage survival

According to people's opinion,it was the woman’s duty to bear children and look after them

If a woman worked she had to stay away from home and she could not take care of the family

A woman who does some jobs can risk to become uninspired, so she must stay at home and preserve her skill.

POSSIBLE ANSWERPOSSIBLE ANSWER

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SHE BECOMES USELESS WITHOUT HER GENERATIVE

VALUE.

It follows that if a woman loses her skill to generate children because of the work she will no longer be considered as a woman-mother or wife.

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OTHER WOMEN

From the texts we read, you can see that there are other models of women

The woman as

A Tempter

An anti – medieval woman

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THE TEMPTER

From the ballads: Lord RandalLa belle dame sans merci

The woman looks as the

true-love She tempts man She poisons man

She's a negative model because She weakens men's mind.

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THE ANTI – MEDIEVAL WIFE from G. Chaucer “The Wife of Bath”

Chaucer introduced a figure of woman that does not simply suit the idea of a medieval woman.

In the wife we can also recognize some characteristics of the modern woman.

So we are going to use this literary character to link the medieval with modern idea of woman and reflect on the shape of the woman as a social figure during the passing of time.

COMMON ASPECTS BETWEEN THE WIFE AND THE MODERN WOMAN

They work and they are skilled

They haven’ t necessary a family

They may attend a lot of men

They may wear extravagant clothers

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CREDITS

BILJANA BELKOKESKA

GIULIA BIANCHIN

ILENIA PALMIERI


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