In "The Wife of Bath's Prologue" of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, the Wife of Bath is an overbearing, powerful, and provocative woman whose actions make her a modern woman in medieval times when women were submissive and modest. ... The Wife has been married five times and she will happily "welcome the sixth, whenever he appears"(Chaucer,122). ... Overall, the Wife of Bath is an extreme opposite of a general medieval woman. For example, medieval women were expected to be properly dressed at all times. ... "Medieval England was a very male-dominated society. ...

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Wives of the medieval culture had limited freedom. ... A wife's role in the medieval society was some to none. ... During medieval times, a woman's primary role was in her house. ... Medieval wives had more to do than just housework. ... Medieval women had a lot to deal with and I believe they were very brave. ...

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Although the stories in the Canterbury tales are fictional, they represent many social issues and provide an intimate view of life in Medieval Europe. ... She is portrayed as the opposite of the stereotypical medieval woman. ... He was often called the "mirror of his times" because he was able to reflect the concerns and beliefs in society during his life. ... His creativity manages to bring the character to life and at the same time depicting a diverse insight to the medieval society. It is fair to say that the character Chaucer created was stronger than the average medieval woman. ...

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The pilgrim who narrates this tale, Alison, is a gap-toothed, partially deaf seamstress and widow who has been married five times. ... It is these peculiarities of Alison's tale which I will examine, looking not only at the chivalric and religious influences of this medieval period, but also at how she would have been viewed in the context of this society and by Chaucer himself. ... On the one hand, there was the medieval notion we are most familiar with today in which the knight was the consummate righteous man, willing to sacrifice self for the worthy cause of the afflicted an...

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In medieval times, a preist not abiding by the bible would have struck fear into the population because the priest was considered to be closest to god. ... In todays society, women are given many more rights than thy had in the medieval times but they are still not entirely equal to men. ...

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The Wife had been married five times already, and Chaucer noted her assertiveness and sensuality as evidenced by the gaps in her teeth. ... The Prologue is more than the Wife's autobiography about her life, her husbands, and why she married them; she would have been viewed as a horrible woman by the medieval Church, deceitful in her actions and reasons for marriage. ... Further, the task given the knight by the queen (to find out "what thing it is that women most desire-) is noteworthy because in medieval times, very little attention was paid to what women wanted, even if they were roy...

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By now having been married four times and now over the age of forty, the Wife has all the money she possibly could need and is obviously losing some of her sex appeal as evident that her last husband went elsewhere for sex. ... Told by the nun's priest, who was probably not held highly in monasteries in Medieval time, this story directly reflects his state of mind. ... The views to women in medieval time were revealed many times in the story. ...

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• Grade Level: High School