From the canterbury tale, "the wife of bath’s tale" 14. based on the character of the wife of bath and her tale, what do you think was chaucer’s perspective on the state of women and their condition? women were smart and worthy of the same authority as men. women needed to set an example of piousness for men. women were angelic creatures who could not harbor lust or vice. women were too often victims of abuses by their husbands.

Match each poem with the subculture or counterculture from which it came. hip–hop counterculture feminist counterculture beat generation a. "pay attention, here's the thick of the plot/i pulled up to the corner at the end of my block/and that's when i saw this beautiful girly–girl walkin'/i picked up my car phone to perpetrate like i was talkin'" (jazzy jeff and the fresh prince) b. "for no church told me/no guru holds me/no advice/just stone/of new york" (jack kerouac) c. "you fit into me/ like a hook into an eye/a fish hook/an open eye" (margaret atwood)