A Comparison/Contrast Between A Song About Eroticism And Metamorphoses And The Wife of Bath Tale

The Song of Solomon is a song about eroticism and be compared to the Metamorphoses and the Wife of Bath because all three of them have a common factor which is God. Another way that these stories are similar is that they all express love in some way, form or fashion. In Metamorphoses Apollo and Daphne's story was the first erotica just like the Song of Solomon and the Wife of Bath tale. In all these stories there beautiful woman involved. In both the Wife of Bath tale and the Solomon Song the beautiful woman professes her love for the man that she is involved with.

There are many differences between the stories as well. First lets look at the Song of Solomon. It differs from the Wife of Bath and Metamorphoses because it is about a bride confessing her love. For example,

"² Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!
For your love is better than wine;"

This line shows that the bride really adores her groom. Also it shows that the bride loves the way her groom kisses her.

In Metamorphoses the story of Apollo and Daphne differs from the Solomon Song and the Wife of Bath because the love between Apollo and Daphne was forced. Cupid was angry with Apollo so he made him fall in love with Daphne. 

"Then Cupid aimed at Phoebus, and love's arrow

With fire of lightning pierce his bones;

Apollo walked as in a tower of flames.

As Phoebus burned with love young Daphne fled"

These lines show how cupid shot his arrow and forced Apollo to have feelings of love toward Daphne. This story is one about revenge not true love. 

 

The Wife of Bath differs Solomon's Song and Metamorphoses because it is a tale is about an old hag that gets married many times and then when she got married for the fifth time she became a beautiful young woman. In this tale she describes her husbands and tells why she married them. Most of the time she only married a man because of his look and for the fact that he had money.



 

6       Housbondes at chirche dore I have had fyve --

 999         A fouler wight ther may no man devyse.

 

1250       And whan the knyght saugh verraily al this,
                  ,
1251       That she so fair was, and so yong therto,

In line 6 the old hag tells us that she has been married five times. This differs from Solomon's Song because the bride was only describing her love for one man and that was the groom. It differs from Metamorphoses Apollo and Daphne because the Wife of Bath was married and Apollo and Daphne were not. Lines 999, 1250, and 1251 describes how the wife went from being seen as just an old had to a young beautiful woman. Solomon's Song and Metamorphoses Apollo and Daphne differ from the Wife of Bath because the women are seen as beautiful the entire the stories are being told.