In The Prologue Anne Bradstreet is getting the first word, launching the first strike against those who she knows will claim she is not smart enough to produce the works she did. In a rhythmic, hymn-like way, Bradstreet is telling the men who possible receive her writing with irritation and fear of an articulate, strong woman that she is in no way a threat to them. She doesn't even want any part in the telling of their history, the guy things of politics and power. To strengthen the point to her insecure critics, Bradstreet is constantly flippant about her writing. .
I think Bradstreet knows that she is outside of the box of what a woman, of her stature, of the 1600s should be. And the awkwardness present in that sort of unknown area. I think that Bradstreet is aware that no one is really expecting to hear what she is going to say, and that at times is not going to pleasant. I do think that although she accepts her skills and acknowledges her imperfections, she doesn't like it, pointing out a deficient, silly Muse. Clearly, not one of the better Muses created by the fairer sex of the Greeks.
Bradstreet is dismissive of her own writing. This is, in my opinion, for the purpose of padding the ever so fragile male ego. She is not trying to move into their powerful political world. She seems to be quite content with her position as wife and mother. She is a woman, just a mere woman, so don't freak out boys.
Bradstreet reiterates over and over that she is, not only, no threat to men and their work, she couldn't compete with their obviously superior talents and doesn't want to. Even still, people, presumably men, still argue that she should be busing herself with the woman's work of the age, of housekeeping and child bearing. Bradstreet seems to be very understanding of the uncomfortable position some people may be in with her, a woman, and writing; however, she undoubtedly has very little patience for those who nag her and complain about her.
William Shakespeare's classical play "The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet" begins with a prologue. Unlike most prologues this one is in the form of a sonnet. ... This could also highlight the end of the prologue. ... The first section of the prologue sets out the scenario. The first line of the prologue reads "Two households, both alike in dignity." ...
Bradstreet's "The Prologue," portrays the struggles of being a woman in a Puritan society. ... "The Prologue"" moves from a worldly, feminist viewpoint to the (she implies) "higher" order of spirituality." ... There are reasons why Anne Bradstreet wrote "The Prologue." ... While reading Bradstreet's "Prologue," one may first notice its careful structure. ... "The Prologue" is proof of both her stylistic skill as a writer, and her advancement of women's literature....
Chaucer's General prologue and Wife of Bath's Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales are about a group of pilgrims that are traveling to Canterbury to pay homage to St. ... To wit in the Canterbury Tales we have a monk "A MONK ther was, a fair for the maistrie," (line 165 General Prologue) representing clergy, a knight " A KNYGHT ther was, and that a worthy man," (line 41 General Prologue) as nobility and a ordinary guy the miller "Ther was also a REVE, and a MILLERE," (line 542 General Prologue). ... The major characters in the General Prologue are the very people who soon wil...
"General Prologue" to the Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer lived during a sensational period in England's history. ... In the "General Prologue" of the Canterbury Tales, the Prioress, Monk, and Friar are specifically used to represent the clergy of Chaucer's time. ... The Monk described in the "General Prologue" wanted nothing to do with that life. ...
Many things are consistent between The Wife of Bath's prologue and her tale. ... Although there are contrasts between the prologue and the tale, the resemblances are far too obvious to be coincidental. ... Ultimately, the rather obvious relationship between the prologue and the tale is the likeness between both the fifth husband, Jankyn and the knight. ... These three basic similarities encourage the notion that the Wife of Bath's Tale is fashioned to mimic her life, or at least what she described of it in her prologue. ... Although the Wife of Bath occasionally contradicts herse...
Anne Bradstreet's "The Prologue" depicts Bradstreet's opinion on the role women played in a male-ridden society during the seventeenth century and reveals her feelings about being one of the first female writers during a time where they were scarce. ... Anne Bradstreet uses "The Prologue" to talk about the way society viewed women in the public eye. ... One of Bradstreet's most meaningful poems would be "The Prologue" because it helps the reader understand the hardships of being a female poet in the seventeenth century. "The Prologue" being one of her best poems, she addressed ...
Perhaps one of the most known exerts of literature from the medieval England era, Geoffrey Chaucer's "Prologue to the Canterbury Tales" explores many social issues of the time. ... The social issues that are explored in Chaucer's "Prologue to the Canterbury Tales" include fraud, greed, and vanity. ... A second social issue explored in the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, which seems to have a strong relation with fraud, is greed. ... Finally Chaucer explores what seems to be an significant social issue, vanity, as it is reflected in most characters in the Prologue. ... Geoffrey Ch...
While this image is based on some level of fact, it is certainly not what the Monk in Chaucer's Prologue to the Canterbury Tales is like. ... The opinion that the Monk is a man of poor character becomes weaker when compared to many other men of the church in the prologue. ...
In the "General Prologue- of Canterbury Tales Chaucer describes the pilgrims who take a religious journey to the shrine of Thomas Becket. ... The Wife of Bath is representative of the women of the lower class, and is compared to as well as contrasted with the Prioress, since they are the only two females that Chaucer includes in the "General Prologue."" ... Throughout the "General Prologue- it is implied that a woman's role in society is that of the obedient and passive wife. ...
