In our society, women being confident about whom they are is disapproving but it is still common. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer written in the 1400s about a group of pilgrims going on a holy journey to Canterbury. A pilgrim named The Wife of Bath also known as Alice can is seen as a strong independent woman. The Wife of Bath is an angry and independent woman who Chaucer admires.
The Wife of Bath is an angry woman. Chaucer himself described The Wife of Bath as angry by stating “so wrath was she” (Chaucer 156). This description of the Wife helps you understand why she “had five husbands” (Chaucer 156). When you put the two together you can tell that her anger towards men led to her having five husbands. She did not like the way they treated her. You can read this in a story the Wife tells where a young knight is forced to marry a woman that is older than him. He does this to find what women truly want in life, and at the end of the story he realized the …show more content…
When Chaucer talked about the Wife in the prolog he describes her as “a worthy women” and to him she looked “bold…, handsome, and red in hue” (Chaucer 156). These descriptions of the Wife of Bath by Chaucer, shows that he cares about her and the tone he uses to talk about her is full of kindness. Also when he alludes to her being a strong independent woman he is not mocking her but being genuine.
In the Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer creates The Wife of Bath as an ideal feminist character. A woman that wants her own freedom, her own choices in life and not to be controlled by her husband or any other man. She goes and does as she wants; she wasn't satisfied with her past husbands so she left them and did what made her happy. When Chaucer mentions The Wife of Bath it is always out of kindness, this conveyed he honored a woman for what she is and not what someone forces her to
The Wife of Bath is an angry woman. Chaucer himself described The Wife of Bath as angry by stating “so wrath was she” (Chaucer 156). This description of the Wife helps you understand why she “had five husbands” (Chaucer 156). When you put the two together you can tell that her anger towards men led to her having five husbands. She did not like the way they treated her. You can read this in a story the Wife tells where a young knight is forced to marry a woman that is older than him. He does this to find what women truly want in life, and at the end of the story he realized the …show more content…
When Chaucer talked about the Wife in the prolog he describes her as “a worthy women” and to him she looked “bold…, handsome, and red in hue” (Chaucer 156). These descriptions of the Wife of Bath by Chaucer, shows that he cares about her and the tone he uses to talk about her is full of kindness. Also when he alludes to her being a strong independent woman he is not mocking her but being genuine.
In the Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer creates The Wife of Bath as an ideal feminist character. A woman that wants her own freedom, her own choices in life and not to be controlled by her husband or any other man. She goes and does as she wants; she wasn't satisfied with her past husbands so she left them and did what made her happy. When Chaucer mentions The Wife of Bath it is always out of kindness, this conveyed he honored a woman for what she is and not what someone forces her to