In lines 320–338, of "The Wife of Bath's Tale" what do comments about gentleness and poverty reveal about society at the time Chaucer was writing?

The lines show that in the society in which Chaucer lived, kindness was associated with poverty, while avarice was associated with wealth.

Explanation:

Through the interpretation of the lines, we can see that the poet sends greed to rich people, because as they do not know the need, they do not know compassion and kindness and that is why they are petty. They have a lot, but what they have is superficial, because they are spirits are empty.

However, kindness is associated with poor people, who know what it is like to be in need and to prevent other people from going through it, are kind and share what little they have. These people, besides having a lot, are rewarded, because God will not let them lack anything.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)