1. Aphrodite of Melos
The Wife of Bath's Views on Love, Marriage, and Female Supremacy The Wife of Bath, as introduced in the General Prologue, is a professed authority on love and a firm believer in the rule of man by woman, and in her own precedence generally. Chaucer describes her as being somewhat deaf; she wa...
De Haven's character is a personification of the first level of analysis of realism; the film adapts prevailing assumptions of the male dominated system and negates them by having a woman, who still makes sure her hair is perfect and maintains her elegance, fill an effective role in that very system. ...