The Canterbury Tales The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories, which are told by different characters to serve as entertainment on their journey to Canterbury. ... Even during the journey to Canterbury, at a time when all the others were telling tales of how to live well and treat others fairly, the Pardoner was still trying to sell his indulgences, which showed how he had learned nothing from his fellow companions. ... This tale is appropriate for the Wife because this tale is about a wife who was greedy, and unfaithful to her husbands. ... The Pardoner's tale is appropr...

• Word Count: 1605
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Today most feminists commonly depict the Wife of Bath from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, as the ideal model for the feminist literary figure. ... In the Canterbury Tales, Chaucer uses a style of writing that tends to make fun of and point out the inner controversy of each pilgrim. ... (69) In The Wife of Bath's Tale itself Chaucer continues to make fun of women with the question "what it is most desire". ... I nil leve no tales: I knowe you for a trewe wif, dame Alis." ... Chaucer makes it evident also in the Tale itself that the focus is not on the poor raped maid...

• Word Count: 1773
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales he explains the medieval way of an ideal marriage In "The Wife's and Bath's Tale" and "The Franklin's Tale" suggest there own opinion on how a ideal marriage should be. ... These two tales suggest two different aspects of an ideal marriage. In Chaucer's tale "The Wife's of Baths Tale" is a story about how the ideal marriage should be. ... In this tale the idea that you have to choose your own destiny. ... So in conclusion, both tales "The Wife of Bath's Tale" and "Franklin's Tale" focused on the ideal...

• Word Count: 1266
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales shows a variety of women. ... The Wife of Bath's Tale begins with an unusual tale of her past. ... The Tale she tells is one of a punishment of some sort. ... In The Miller's Tale, Chaucer shows another type of woman, deceiving and dishonest. ... The Clerk's Tale tells about a woman who is abused by her husband. ...

• Word Count: 1539
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Chaucer appears to support women and specifically these feminists by creating two very strong-willed and successful women in the Wife of Bath and the old hag in the Wife's tale. ... Chaucer's main target of his satire and criticism throughout his Canterbury Tales is the Anglo-Saxon church. Even though in this tale he focuses more on the gender debate, his contempt of the corrupt church and its disciples is embodied in the Wife's prologue. ... Chaucer does it through the Wife of Bath as a medium to reach the hopelessly ignorant women of the time should they hear of the tale. ...

• Word Count: 1579
• Approx Pages: 6