1. ENGLISH SCHOOL YEAR 2007/2008 CLASS 3° A PRIANO ELISA TEACHER BELTRAMINI MARILENA

2. THE MEDIEVAL WOMAN MY OBJECTIVE : to make a power point in order to synthetize Chaucers characterization of the woman in the Middle Ages and the ones appearing in ballads THEME: Women in the Middle Ages FORMAT : Power Point Presentation INSTRUMENT : Teachers lessons, course book, the Internet

3. MAP Women VS men The Role of The woman MODELS OF GOOD WOMEN NEGATIVE EXAMPLES OF WOMEN MARY NUNS MOTHERS WOMEN WHO TEMPT AND KILL MEN BUISNESS WOMEN The Wife of Bath La Belle Dame Sains Mercì Lord Randal The Wife of Ushers Well

4. WOMEN VS MEN Strong Courageous Warrior make children keep the house in good order obey their husband WOMEN MEN They had to …

5. Women were connected to the original sin ORIGINAL SIN …because they tempted men

6. William Waterhouse La Belle Dame Sans Merci La Belle Dame Sans Mercì killed the man with four kisses The true love poisoned the men LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI LORD RANDAL

7. LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI and LORD RANDAL Similarities and differences The dameLord Randals motherLord Randals true love The woman is subordinate to the man The woman doesnt depend on the man The dame kills the man The woman waits for the man Dangerous womenGood woman The woman takes care of her son The woman deceives the man The woman deceives the man

8. THE WIFE OF BATH The characterization The contradiction The Wife of Bath The first page of The Wife of Bath

9. Her hometown..Bath… Her job …a clothmaker… Her beaviour when she … was not a woman who dared precede her at the enters the Church at almsgiving... The way she dress … headkerchief, stockings,shoes,shield... Her aspect …florid.. Her pilgrimage …Rome,Boulogne,St James of Compostela,Cologne… CHARACTERIZATION

10. CONTRADICTIONS She was a religious woman She went to church She went on pilgrimage She was a buisness woman She was five times married She knew all cures of love VS THE WIFE OF BATH IS A NEGATIVE EXAMPLE OF WOMAN

11. Andrea Mantegna Virgin Mary with the children In the Middle Ages the religious code is the most important code NUN MARY GOOD WOMEN

12. The Wife of Ushers Well Characterization S ocial status …wife… H er hometown …Usher…. H er beaviour when her sons came back home …Blow up the fire, bring water… …she has made to them a bed… She is a mother She takes care of their suns POSITIVE EXAMPLE OF WOMAN

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