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.

The major was a little man with upturned mustaches. he had been in the war in libya and wore two wound-stripes. he said that if the thing went well he would see that i was decorated. i said i hoped it would go well but that he was too kind. i asked him if there was a big dugout where the drivers could stay and he sent a soldier to show me. i went with him and found the dugout, which was very good. the drivers were with it and i left them there. what effect does hemingway’s limited use of adjectives have? it slows down the narration by interrupting the action. it makes the few descriptive words he does use more vivid and forceful. it makes the narrator seem powerless and insincere. it prevents the readers from filling in the details with their own experiences.