The Wife of Bath Tale

DIRECTIONS:  In two (2) full pages of discussion, provide a character analysis of the Wife of Bath. Include specific details and examples from the literary work to support your opinion. In addition, include information from the literary criticism included.

Begin by listing several (at least three) adjectives to describe the Wife. To support your opinion, discuss what this character says, does, and/or what others say to or about this character. Include specific details and examples from the literary work to support your discussion. This information should provide validity to your opinion.

Using double spacing with font of 12, provide two (2) full pages of discussion.

RESEARCH PAPER RUBRIC 

Review the Research Paper Rubric” which will be used to assess the research paper.

GUIDELINES for RESEARCH PAPER

Include a minimum of five (5) well-structured paragraphs in your two full pages of discussion.

Write in 3rd person.

Use present tense to discuss literary work(s), but past tense to discuss author(s).

Include title(s) and author(s) in the introduction.

The thesis must be the last sentence in your introduction.

Your topic sentence must be the first sentence in each body paragraph.

Include a minimum of 7-8 well-structured sentences in the introduction and in each body paragraph. 

Include a minimum of three (3) sentences in the conclusion. Use Times New Roman with 12 font size.

LITERARY CRITICISM

Literary Criticism paraphrased ideas (two from the source total of two)

Remember to include along with your discussion two paraphrased ideas from the literary criticism. Include parenthetical documentation to give credit to the author of each of the two ideas from the source. In other words, you MUST PARAPHRASE the information you borrow from the critical source. DO NOT QUOTE FROM THE LITERARY CRITICISM (SOURCE).

FAILING TO INCLUDE PARENTHETICAL DOCUMENTATION WHERE NEEDED IS PLAGIARISM!

WORK OF LITERATURE

Work of Literature brief quotations (two from Wife of Baths Prologue and Tale total of two)

Include two quotations. Include documentation to give credit to the author of each quotation, as well. In other words, include no more than two (2) brief quotations from the work of literature. Brief quotations should be no more than three lines each.

Include Works Cited Page in MLA Format