The Wife of Bath

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English

 

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Rosalie V

 

Date added:

July 14, 2013

 

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University

 

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A

 

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3 / 738

 

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The most obvious similarity that clearly shows the comparison between the prologue and the tale is dominance of both women over their husbands. The Wife of Bath is dominant over all five of her husbands and although she struggles with her fifth husband to gain the control in the marriage, she nevertheless in the end accomplishes her initial intention...
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The Wife of Bath seems to be only truly happy when she has control over her husbands. They have to willingly hand over their power, consciously or unconsciously. Without their consent she has to fight and argue for ultimate superiority in the relationship. The old woman, likewise, gains control over her husband when the knight places her in the leading position and yet again as seen in the Wife of Bath's Prologue, the knight must consent to give up this power in order for the old woman to acquire it, for if he had not given her control of the partnership, both would have continued unhappily...
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