Wife of Bath Writing Due Monday!

Chaucer: The Wife of Bath
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Hey kids,

Don't forget that the Wife of Bath writing is due on Monday. The prompt asked you to determine who, in your opinion according to the story, "wins" in the end - i.e. who has control in the relationship, the Knight (manhood) or the hag (womanhood).

You need to start off with a strong, straightforward thesis statement (remember - don't waste space with one of those "According to Webster's Dictionary blah blah blah" introductions) that declares your opinion and then defend your thesis, using 3 properly blended direct quotes as evidence.

Remember what my smart friend Strachan says regarding your opinion: "No matter which side you take, there are good people who will agree with you, so make your decision based on what YOU think, not what you think WE want you to think".

Who are the so called "good" people, you ask? Well, they are scholarly critics with published credentials and believe me, no matter how far out there you may think your opinion is, there is someone who has probably published a 50 page dissertation on that topic!

Also - in each class, if every student hands in a paper on Monday, I'll add a point to everyone's paper in the class; the paper is worth 15 points. However, if one student fails to hand in a paper in his/her class, no one in that class will get the extra point (and of course, the only person who will lose a point for not turning it in on time is the person who doesn't bring it on Monday!).