The wife of bath is not an admirable woman. She is a user. She is a manipulator. Any human being that are labeled those things should not be considered admirable. She had five husbands and used them all. A user is someone who takes advantage of someone or something, only when its beneficial to them. A user can turn into a manipulator, these terms are very similar to each other. Manipulators know how to detect a persons weaknesses, comparatively, they also benefit off of the person they are using. Users and manipulators seem to benefit off of other peoples happiness, as well as in this story. The wife of bath had multiple husbands. Two were good, the other three were bad. She said that they were only good to her because of their
