Wife+of+Bath





** 1. **** What specific occupation does your character practice? **  · ** Seamstress ** ** 2. **** What is Chaucer’s tone toward this character and how does he convey it? **  · ** A complimenting tone, he conveys it by crediting her with her seamstress abilities. She is satirized for her romances. ** ** 3. **** What was his or her social standing? **  · ** Middle Class(Higher than most woman, does well financially due to her previous husband's fortunes) **

** 4. What might your character’s day to day life be like? **  · ** She would mingle and trade in the market square. She would take time to try to find clothes for that day. She would also attend masses regularly. **

** 5 ** . ** What details does Chaucer include about the character’s physical appearance and personality? **  · ** She is wide, bold faced, red in hue. She is gregarious and religious but interprets god and the bible in her own way. She wears a plethora of flamboyant garments. **

** 6. ** **What modern day occupation might correspond to your medieval character and why?** · ** She would be a modern day seamstress, for example she would alter and fit dresses. **

Meaning: The Wife of Bath, Bath is a city not a husband; this shows the wife's independence. This is not her first pilgrimage, show's she is worldly and religious.