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Which of these adjectives best describes Chaucer's Wife of Bath?

1.gossipy, unconventional, unsubtle
2.fashionable, sympathetic, moral
3.rich, powerful, indulgent
4.jealous, coarse, quarrelsome

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4 is the answer because she is jealous,coarse and quarrelsome
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The answer is: 1. gossipy, unconventional, unsubtle

This is an excerpt of one of her dialogues “In wifhood wol I use myn instrument as freely as my Makere hath it sent. If I be dangerous, God yive me sorwe: myn housbonder shal it han both eve and morwe whan that him list come forth and pay his dette. An housbonde wol I have, I wol nat lette, which shal be bother my dettour and mt thral, and have his tribulacion withal upon his flesh whil that I am his wif” We can see that she is not exactly a Christian values woman, she is looking for her sixth husband and the description of her shows a very uncommon and experienced with man woman.

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