Guest Blogger - Brandon A.

O to my fair maidens. Should thy let thee go on a stroll or keep you in a cage? That is a hard thing to talk about since I already have my head on the chopping block just for saying that line. Women are discussed throughout the book “The Canterbury Tales” by Geoffrey Chaucer. Women in the book are perceived in many different ways that may be considered valiant or be considered deviated from society. In one aspect of the book in the story The Miller it is discussed of having your true love one hold tight so they may never get away from you. After the Millers story, a lady named Alison or A.K.A The Wife of Bath tells her side of how women should be treated. Her theory is that if the woman is happy the rest of the family is happy. But are both of them true or are they just being belligerent knaves who don’t know what their saying?
In my perspective I think Alison is right in this debate on women’s roles in society. Women are just not tools sent here by God for a man’s pleasure. In biblical terms a woman named Eve was created from the rib of a man named Adam whom was God’s creation. This was because Adam felt lonely and wanted a companion to be with. After the transformation Adam told Eve that she couldn’t eat from the Tree of Knowledge. God sent a message to Adam not to eat from the tree before Eve was created thus; he felt the need to tell her this information. A serpent then approaches Eve and lures her into eating the forbidden fruit on the Tree of Knowledge. She was not happy because her companion Adam never ate the proof. Eve wanted Adam to eat the fruit so he can turn “God-Like” like Eve. After a long discussion, Adam finally gives into Eve and eats the apple. For that brief moment Adam pleases the Eve. All because Eve wasn’t happy how things were in life at that time.
Can a man control his own emotions though, or can he not control his hormones, thoughts and feelings throughout his body?