Post for the long weekend: How does the shipman's opinion on marriage compare to the Wife of Bath's opinion on marriage. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

POST IS DUE TUESDAY NOV. 2nd

I agree with Krista.  Both the Shipman and the wife of bath care more about love than money.  They know money dosn't buy happiness. 

 Krista- you have a good plot summary here. (1) You NEED to proofread your next responses. I expect them to be grammatically correct. (2) Now compare your analysis of marriage in the Shipman's tale to the Wife of Bath's Tale.

The wife of bath and the shipman both agree that relationships and love are more important than money.  The shipman's story talks about how the monk gave the merchants wife a loan he got from the merchant.  The merchant asked the monk for the money back when they went on there trip and the monk told the merchant he had gave the money to his wife which helpet the relationship out in more ways than one because the wife needed love and the husband was to busywith his friends to given it to her, now that the merchant and monk arent friends the couple has much more time to spend together.

On the first page of the tale, we hear about the Shipman's opinion on marriage. How does this play out in the tale so far? How does the Shipman's opinion on marriage compare to that of the Wife of Bath? Be sure to include specific examples from the text in your response.