Who Is Transcended In The Knight's Tale
Transcending the Masses: An Examination of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales
Throughout human history, the majority suppresses, possesses, and oppresses the minority. This can be seen in every civilization, race, and era of human history, sex is without exception. Mahatma Gandhi once said; “In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.”. As an individual Chaucer proves this to be true in his dismissal of the common sexist notion of the people at the time. Although sexism exists and in certain eras it can be far more predominant than others, individuals can and have resisted the majority view of the time and have transcended the normal thought process. Geoffrey Chaucer is an example of an individual who transcended the prevalent point of view of generalized sexism of his time. In his stories, The Knight's Tale and The Wife of Bath’s Tale, he proves his view on women as he presents characters such as, Emily, the Wife, and the queen. Through these characters, Chaucer presents an overall favorable view of women through his display of their intelligence, power and, position in his short stories such as The Knight’s Tale and The Wife of Bath’s Tale. …show more content…
Her true nature is shown in the “why”, not the “what”, as the the Wife choose such quotes from the bible, yes in bulk, but more so in strategy. She chooses famous, captivating and credible tails that everyone can share such as her assertion about solomon, abraham, and jacob (“The Wife of Bath’s Prologue” 35-58). She makes a point to do this as to appeal to the knowledge that she knows the others have, of course she could tell of less common and more cryptic tales like ruth or john, but the act of doing what she does proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that she has knowledge in excess. She in this way shows a deep understanding for how people work and possible experience in boasting
Throughout human history, the majority suppresses, possesses, and oppresses the minority. This can be seen in every civilization, race, and era of human history, sex is without exception. Mahatma Gandhi once said; “In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.”. As an individual Chaucer proves this to be true in his dismissal of the common sexist notion of the people at the time. Although sexism exists and in certain eras it can be far more predominant than others, individuals can and have resisted the majority view of the time and have transcended the normal thought process. Geoffrey Chaucer is an example of an individual who transcended the prevalent point of view of generalized sexism of his time. In his stories, The Knight's Tale and The Wife of Bath’s Tale, he proves his view on women as he presents characters such as, Emily, the Wife, and the queen. Through these characters, Chaucer presents an overall favorable view of women through his display of their intelligence, power and, position in his short stories such as The Knight’s Tale and The Wife of Bath’s Tale. …show more content…
Her true nature is shown in the “why”, not the “what”, as the the Wife choose such quotes from the bible, yes in bulk, but more so in strategy. She chooses famous, captivating and credible tails that everyone can share such as her assertion about solomon, abraham, and jacob (“The Wife of Bath’s Prologue” 35-58). She makes a point to do this as to appeal to the knowledge that she knows the others have, of course she could tell of less common and more cryptic tales like ruth or john, but the act of doing what she does proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that she has knowledge in excess. She in this way shows a deep understanding for how people work and possible experience in boasting