Justifiabl Allison: Character Analysis

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Self centered bold lustful who other than the wife of bath the wife in my opinion was not unlike many women we see in today's culture she did not take commands from anyone especially a man and thought men were there wife's slaves, this in itself makes her such an eye-opening character as a woman myself I find her personality rather intolerable and disgusting. The wife also known as Allison was portrayed as a religious woman in the general prologue she was known to go on many pilgrimages what is a red on I realize that these were not because of religious reasons she was a firm believer in sightseeing for lack of better words and like to travel as her character develops I find she uses her religion in the Bible to justify her actions and behavior it is human nature to try to find ways to ease one's guilt by finding …show more content…
Alison is very lustful and from my understanding enjoys sex. Allowing herself to the man's desires giving in to his pleasure which threw me off all this time I thought she was standing for freedom of women in her own ill-mindedcay. Yet when she speaks of this it seems the complete opposite. The wife of bath obviously has many characteristics that make her a bold character. She definitely made me raise an eyebrow more than once. I feel as though her views on men are horrendous no matter how bad men

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