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. ... (Diamond 69) However, when we talk about someone like this, we view a fictional character as if she might be real. ... Dooth as you list: I am here at youre wille... I nil leve no tales: I knowe you for a trewe wif, dame Alis." ...

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