An Analysis Of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales": The Wife Of Bath's Tale
In reading Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," I found that of
the Wife of Bath, including her prologue, to be the most thought-provoking.
The pilgrim who narrates this tale, Alison, is a gap-toothed, partially
deaf seamstress and widow who has been married five times. She claims to
have great experience in the ways of the heart, having a remedy for
whatever might ail it. Throughout her story, I was shocked, yet pleased to
encounter details which were rather uncharacteristic of the women of
Chaucer's time. It is these peculiarities of Alison's tale which I will
exami ....
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