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•  Furthermore, Chaucer utilises this extract to satirise men’s use of marriage as a way to assert dominance and control, exposing the ignorance and fantasies laced around marriage, during the medieval period, which was Januaries cause of downfall.
•  Furthermore, Chaucer utilises this extract to satirise men’s use of marriage as a way to assert dominance and control, exposing the ignorance and fantasies laced around marriage, during the medieval period, which was Januaries cause of downfall.
•  Furthermore, Chaucer utilises this extract to satirise men’s use of marriage as a way to assert dominance and control, exposing the ignorance and fantasies laced around marriage, during the medieval period, which was Januaries cause of downfall.
• 'The bryde as bright abedde as stille as stoon'

  -Simile - comparrison to an inanimate object - dehumanisation - highlights her position of vulnerability

  -Plosive alliteration - tone of rough, harsh and physical violent treatment of May

  -Mays reluctance evokes a sense of pathos - a direct contrast to Januaries fantasy of 'warm wex', with the desire to mould May

  -Sheds light on May's rebellious nature, proleptic of the downfall on their marriage when she cuckolds him
• 'Lyk to the skyn of houndfyssh, sharp as brere'

  -Animalistic imagery - reflective of Januaries disturbed predatory intentions and fantasies

  -Noun 'houndfissh' - ironic of his rough nature - houndfish was typically used as sandpaper by carpenters - roughness with May

  -Comedically, Chaucer creates the image of old age

  -Alt - satirises carnal lust of men - and their reason for marrying stemming from it - Januarie etches away at her chastity and everything that labels her as a woman