Blog post for the long weekend: What type of wife is Constance intended to represent? How does she compare to the medieval standards of marriage? How does she compare to the Wife of Bath?

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 The Man of Law stated that if you live in poverty you might as well be dead. The Constance in the tale is forced away to a foreign country to be converted to Christianity. She states that she would rather die than to leave her friends and the country that she loves. She is wealthy and would rather live in poverty than be sent off to marry a person she has never met. The tale also says that women are slaves to men and are living under mens' governing. Because women are like slaves, it is much like they are living in poverty.

In the prologue, the Man of Law said how its better to be dead than live in poverty. Through the story he meets constance, who is very rich and they end up getting married. But after they don't really have that much money, like constance was used to. And although the Man of Law said that he would rather die than live in poverty, he is happy without money, because he has something he loves a lot. I dont think Constance really likes not having any money, becuase she is always sad and crying. I also think that she wishes her dad wouldn't have given her away to merry the Man of Law. But they sort of put aside their money problems and focused on loving each other and that made them happy.

Recall what the Man of Law said about poverty and wealth in his Prologue - what he calls the "opinions of the wise." How do these opinions play out in the tale? Be sure to use speicific examples from the text.