ENGL 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Externality, Absolution, Real Marriage
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Status of women in late middle ages and then in shakespeare"s era (wife of. These two portraits, even over the friar, are perhaps pushed too far; image of the church too far hit. Vow of chastity and poverty and obedience (page 10 on monastery, friars on pg 21, "a religious and spiritual life" in 381 the short introduction; suggests corruption and worldliness of the church in late medieval age) Vow of chastity: in portrait of friar, more than a hint of sexual prowess; in. Prioress is very subtle; the engraving on her brooch (love conquers all) -- secular in origin, in medieval ages not viewed in a secular way. Positive: love for/of god, spiritual and religious love, not secular or romantic. Transition in portrait of prioress and knight -- array gives details of clothing towards end, before only of his character.
