The Powerful Beauty
The Powerful Beauty
Women may have many desires, but the one that satisfies them the most is beauty and power. In the tale, The Wife of Bath by Geoffrey Chaucer, two themes are developed, power and appearance. The women, having power, gave the knight a punishment for his crime. Appearance is another theme developed because the knight did not love the women for being poor, old, and ugly until she became beautiful.
The tone that the author develops in this tale is straightforward. An example is in the next line, “… swear to do whatever I shall next require of you (Wife of Bath: 155-156).” The speaker is direct, he gives options to choose from and he also commands. Ethos is also developed in the following line, “I may be foul, I may be poor, and old. Yet will not choose to be, for all the gold… then your very love! (Wife of Bath: 209-212).” She does not want anything else, not even all the gold in the world except the knight’s love. The authors tone is direct and ethos is also developed.
The organization of the story is hyperbolic and is developed in the next sentence. “Yet you shall live if you can answer me, what is the thing that women most desire (Wife of Bath: 50-51).” She is telling the knight the only way he shall live is by answering the question right. Logos is also developed in the next line. “You are to go a twelvemonth and a day to seek and learn sufficient answer then you shall return (Wife of Bath: 54-56).” The wife gives the knight one year and one day to find the right answer or he dies. The organization is exaggerated and logos is developed in this paragraph.
The style that the speaker develops is fantastic. “Cast up the curtains, husband. Look at me!’ And when indeed the knight had looked to see, lo, she was young and lovely, rich in charms (Wife of Bath: 395-397).” The speaker’s style is fantastic because a miracle happened, she was poor, old, and ugly then she turned young, rich, and lovely. Pathos is developed in the next line,
Women may have many desires, but the one that satisfies them the most is beauty and power. In the tale, The Wife of Bath by Geoffrey Chaucer, two themes are developed, power and appearance. The women, having power, gave the knight a punishment for his crime. Appearance is another theme developed because the knight did not love the women for being poor, old, and ugly until she became beautiful.
The tone that the author develops in this tale is straightforward. An example is in the next line, “… swear to do whatever I shall next require of you (Wife of Bath: 155-156).” The speaker is direct, he gives options to choose from and he also commands. Ethos is also developed in the following line, “I may be foul, I may be poor, and old. Yet will not choose to be, for all the gold… then your very love! (Wife of Bath: 209-212).” She does not want anything else, not even all the gold in the world except the knight’s love. The authors tone is direct and ethos is also developed.
The organization of the story is hyperbolic and is developed in the next sentence. “Yet you shall live if you can answer me, what is the thing that women most desire (Wife of Bath: 50-51).” She is telling the knight the only way he shall live is by answering the question right. Logos is also developed in the next line. “You are to go a twelvemonth and a day to seek and learn sufficient answer then you shall return (Wife of Bath: 54-56).” The wife gives the knight one year and one day to find the right answer or he dies. The organization is exaggerated and logos is developed in this paragraph.
The style that the speaker develops is fantastic. “Cast up the curtains, husband. Look at me!’ And when indeed the knight had looked to see, lo, she was young and lovely, rich in charms (Wife of Bath: 395-397).” The speaker’s style is fantastic because a miracle happened, she was poor, old, and ugly then she turned young, rich, and lovely. Pathos is developed in the next line,