Introduction
CHAPTER I : Chaucer and the Women in His Life
I-1 The Women in His Family
I-2 Philippa, His Wife, and Their Marital Life
I-3 Cecily Champain and the Case of raptus
CHAPTER II : Chaucer's Portrayals of Women
II-1 The Portrayal of theWife of Bath
II-2 The Portrayal of Criseyde
II-3 The Portrayal of Prudence
CHAPTER III : The Wife of Bath's Eloquence in Her Prologue and Tale
III-1 Eloquence in Her Excuses for Remarriage
III-2 How to Control Three“goode”Husbands
III-3 Marital Conflicts with Two“badde”Husbands
III-4 The Sovereignty of Women in The Wife of Bath's Tale
CHAPTER IV : Criseyde's Eloquence
IV-1 Falling in Love with Troilus
IV-2 Leaving Troilus
IV-3 Remaining with the Greeks
CHAPTER V : Prudence's Eloquence
V-1 The First Part of Her Argument
V-2 The Second Part of Her Argument
V-3 The Third Part of Her Argument
CHAPTER VI : Chaucer's Intention in Creating Female Eloquence
VI-1 The Wife of Bath and Criseyde
VI-2 Prudence vs Criseyde and the Wife of Bath
VI-3 The‘Meaning’of Eloquent Women
Conclusion