Often times in literature, a lesson or moral is passed along through the text by characters and their experiences. In the late 14th century, Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales, a frame story in Middle English. The pilgrims within the tale came along with a prologue and a tale, and one well known was the Wife Of Bath. In the Wife of Bath’s Prologue, the wife shares very strong opinions and beliefs through lessons of her own experience and relationships. Two of the Wife’s opinions and beliefs that are topical and noteworthy are the idea that women desire equality among men and that she believes virginity is perfection, but not meant for all people. One of the most prominent opinions of the Wife is that she advocated for the idea of women desiring
