Hood College Chaucerians

For now goth he ful faste imagining If by his wives cheere he mighte se, Or by hir word apercieve, that she Were chaunged; but he nevere hir koude finde But evere in oon ilike sad and kinde. (598-602)

"Despitously, and gan a cheere make As thogh he wolde han slain it er he wente. Grisildis moot a suffren and consente, And as a lamb she sitteth meke and stille, And leet this cruel sergeant doon his wille" (535-539). https://hellogiggles.com/reviews-coverage/movies/gaston-belle-image-beauty-and-the-beast/

Godzilla from Giphy According to behindthename.com, "Griselda" means something like "grey battle" or "dark battle," and that is exactly what she seems to go through in this tale, even though she never shows it. Could this be Chaucer's hint that she does  not want to be submissive to her husband's every desire, even though she is?

"But now of women wolde I asked fain If thise assayes mighte nat suffice? What koude a sturdy housbond moore devise To preve hir wifhod and hir stedfastnesse, And he continuinge evere in sturdinesse?" (Lines 696-700)   "Patientia (Patience)" Peter Brugel the Elder 1556-1557 From a series "The Seven Virtues" 

O thyng biseke I yow, and warne also, That  ye ne prikke with no tormentynge This tendre mayden, as ye han doon mo; For she is fostred in hire norissynge Moore, tendrely, and, to my supposynge, She koude nat adversitee endure As koude a povre fostred creature. (1037-1043) Giphy.com 

"Grisilde is deed, and eek hire patience, And bothe atones burned in Yitaille; For which I crie in open audience No wedded man so hardy be t'assasille His wives patience in trust to fynde Grisildis, for in certain he shal faille" (1177-1182) giphy.com