In today’s society women are independent thinkers and non-conformists. Women are encouraged to share their thoughts and ideas on issues these days. Woman have come along way from a time when they were told to conform to the ways of society and to keep their mouths shut because their opinion didn’t matter. The medieval society was one time when women were treated as less than human. In Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, the Wife of Bath does not conform to her society but goes against every single rule in the book. Through her many marriages and opinions on many issues of marriage we see how she thinks a society should be run.

In The Canterbury Tales, the character of the Wife of Bath is one strong-willed, confident woman who defies the rules of society. She is described as having a bold face (Prologue 468). This shows that she is not the

The Wife of Bath had already had five husbands and was looking for a sixth. She was on a roll of breaking all the rules. She felt as if the rules did not apply to her and she could marry whom she wanted and as many time as she wanted. “For then, so says the Apostle, I am free/To wed, O’God’s names, where it pleases me” (Wife’s Prologue 15-16). The Wife of Bath feels that in every marriage the woman should be the one in control and with all the power, not the man. “For mine shall be the power all his life…” (Wife’s Prologue 59). She wants to be in charge of the man and be the one to accuse and scold the spouse. This is what shows control, if you can make the man apologize to you before he even says a word about you being wrong, you have won the control. “First put them in the wrong, and out of hand” (Wife’s Prologue 101). The Wife o

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