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    Wife Of Bath Tale Analysis

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    Some time later after several character stories, it is the Wife of Bath’s turn to tell her tale. Before she begins, she gives a very lengthy Prologue. She begins by stating how she considers herself an authority on marriage due to her extensive experience of five marriages since she was first wedded at twelve (TCT, The Wife of Bath’s Prologue lines ). She states she 's received criticism for it due to people citing the Biblical story of the Wedding at Cana, which is the only such event Christ attended. The Wife of Bath digresses, however, utilizing her own interpretation of the Bible based on God’s quote from Genesis “be fruitful and multiply” and the fact many important Bible figures like Solomon, Abraham and Jacob had multiple wives as justification…

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