A lack of enthusiasm or a lack of interest or emotion towards a object or idea.
The ideal marriage as per great Fathers of the Church have proclaimed the importance of the virginity such as the Apostle Paul.But Chaucer reasons that even if virginity is important ,someone must be procreating so that virgins may be created.Of her five marriages,three have been good and two have been bad.The Wife is exactly what the medieval Church saw as a “wicked woman,”.
One example is the Prologue rhyme scheme:
Two households, both alike in dignity,<span> </span>A
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,<span> </span>B
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,<span> </span>A
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.<span> </span>B
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes<span> </span>C
A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life;<span> </span>D
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows<span> </span>C
Doth with their death bury their parents' strife.<span> </span>D
The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,<span> </span>E
And the continuance of their parents' rage,<span> </span>F
Which, but their children's end, naught could remove,<span> </span>E
Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;<span> </span>F
The which if you with patient ears attend,<span> </span>G
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend<span>. </span><span>G</span>
Henrietta Maria of France
