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This week we'll study three tales from what is often called Chaucer's "Marriage Group": The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale, the Clerk's Tale, and the Franklin's Tale. In these tales we'll see three different opinions on how marriages should work, and meet one of the most outspoken women in British literature. For this assignment please answer these question in detail, please advise you can only reference these 3 tales. You do not a cover page for this paper. No introduction, just simply answer each question.  1. Is the Clerk’s Tale, in which complete sovereignty in the marriage is given to the husband, successful as a refutation of the Wife’s position that a marriage can only be good and happy if the Wife is in control? Why or why not? What would you guess was the contemporary Christian thought on marriage at the time? (at least 2 paragraphs) 2. Look at the dream the Wife says she falsely told her fifth husband-to-be she had. Is it in some respects like the tale she tells? What are they both meant to accomplish? Could the blood in the dream be related to a marriage tradition that is still practiced in some cultures? Why do you think the Wife is going on this pilgrimage? (at least 2 paragraphs)