Canterbury Tales - Wife of Bath
Canterbury Tales - Wife of BathChaucer portrays the Wife of Bath as if she is a hypocrite, although, beneath the words, there is a great deal of wisdom involved.
The approach that I take, is the view that this tale is advice for
women to take. This tale teaches women that there are times one should
be a feminist and times you should not. If a women would be a feminist
all her life, she probably wouldn't get anywhere in her life or with
any man. If a woman were not to have a feministic character anytime of
her life, she would be overwhelmed by most men, of work or whatever
the case may be.
Early in The Wife of Bath, there is a quotation said by the wife
of bath supporting the idea that she is feministic. "I don't deny
that I will have my husband both my debtor and my slave; and as long
as I am his wife he shall suffer in the flesh. I will have command
over his body during all his life, not he." In other words, she is
saying that she will have total control over herself, her husband, and
their household and very specifically, "...not he". This can be
interpretated that her husband...
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