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What opinions does the Wife of Bath express in the tale? What do all her opinions-and her tale itself-tell you about her character?

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women cannot keep secrets, women want dominance and power over men in marriage and also they do not want their faults to be pointed out.

lustful and self-aware character

Step-by-step explanation:

The Wife of Bath's Tale is one of the most famous and well known books written by the author, Geoffrey Chaucer. The story speaks about the transformation of the old hag into the beautiful maid.

It tells us about the role of the women in the Late Middle Ages.

The opinions that the Wife of Bath expresses in this story is that women cannot keep secrets, women want dominance and power over men in marriage and also they do not want their faults to be pointed out.

All her opinions and the tale speaks of her as a lustful and self-aware character.

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