The Wife of Bath marries a total of five husbands. She marries her first four husbands and controls them because she thinks they will love her for it. She was married for the first time at the age of twelve. Therefore, she doesn't put much of an emphasis on the sanctity of marriage. In fact, she argues with the Apostle Paul, saying, "Or where comanded he virginitee?...But conseiling nis no comandement. He putte it in oure owene juggement," (p. 108). The Wife

In the end, the Wife of Bath realizes that true love will come to her only when she gains the equality she feels she deserves. As page 113 says, "Thou sholdest saye, 'Wif, go wher thee leste." The Wife of Bath believes she is smart enough to control her own life. She shouldn't be governed by what society and her husband tell her. The Wife of Bath uses her tale to get this point across

of Bath decides to make the most of her marriages. She realizes she is smarter than they are, and becomes controlling. The text says, "How pitously anight I made hem swinke..." (p. 111). She manages their lands for them, and makes them work hard. When they became jealous because it appeared she was cheating on them, the Wife of Bath said, "Of wenches wolde I beren hem on honde, Whan that for sik they mighte unnethe stonde...I swoor that al my walking out by nighte Was for to espye we

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