Question

Read the description of the Wife of Bath in "The Prologue" to The Canterbury Tales. Cite two quotations of direct and indirect characterization that imply this woman is not as "worthy," or virtuous, as the speaker first indicates. Explain what a reader might infer about the woman’s character.

Answer 1

Answer: Explanation:

The Wife of Bath in the Canterbury Tales is woman whose profession is seamstress, she is very devoted, and faithful in attending the mass and giving offerings, also she already visited Rome. However, she had "five husbands and other affairs" and she "uses her sexual experiences only to obtain money." She is a very deceiving, gossipy and greedy person.