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The Canterbury Tales Critical Essay #12
In the following essay, Harwood defends his assertion that "Chaucer was creating a human being" when constructing the character of the Wife of Bath.
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sad note some hear in the voice of the Wife of Bath can be interpreted as "die
letzte Süsse in den schweren Wein," a hint of sourness showing that, with
age, her deep enjoyments have begun to turn. From the viewpoint of those who
understand the Wife as a stock character, this sad note, if not attributed to
critical ingenuity, is assimilated to the Wife's type as a picturesque,
individuating detail or as the bitter recognition, coming amidst our common
celebration of the created world, that time holds us "green and dying."
Her "allas!," then, would be...
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