Question

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from The Canterbury Tale, "The Wife of Bath’s Tale"
14. Based on the character of the Wife of Bath and her tale, what do you think was Chaucer’s perspective on the state of women and their condition?
Women were smart and worthy of the same authority as men.
Women needed to set an example of piousness for men.
Women were angelic creatures who could not harbor lust or vice.
Women were too often victims of abuses by their husbands.

Answer 1

The Wife of Bath's tale was written to show the emerging role of women in the Middle Ages. They were moving from being submissive, almost property, to sovereign women with strong opinions and independence. These characteristics were, at the time, only appreciated in men and were frowned on in women. This tale shows that a woman can be a woman and still be independent, strong, and sovereign.