After reading the Wife
of Bath, I concluded that this woman’s personality suggests that she had
learned it all in no time at all. She was born and gifted with the female
intuition. She was not taught this by Mel Gibson in What Women Want. Rather, the Wife of Bath was gifted with this
personality whereby she understands as a wife and a mother however, she cannot
have children. Yet, you can see what I’m saying… It is as if this barrenness has
given her the excuse to have a lot of sex. What I would like to know is the
gory details about the extramarital affairs that she keeps quiet. She probably
does not have any but would if she could. This could have caused a few problems
in her five marriages if any of her husbands were very jealous creatures. From
the reading, it is clear that this woman finds herself in bad relationships.
She has lost hearing in one ear from fighting with her husband or one of her
men who obviously hit her out of rage because she had ripped up his papers. In
retaliation, she pretends that she is dying and hits him in the face or throat.
Now I believe that her tale is her comment on the male dominated society in
which she lives. However, the crown did not charge her for killing a husband. In
my opinion she helped in his death or passing into the next world. In this case,
she was either dealt a good hand, or she was clever to avoid getting charged. I
personally believe everyone who meets her likes her because of what she knows,
and how she holds herself. 
The Wife of Bath has everything, even a job. At first glance, I thought this woman was a professional housewife. I still believe she is one. She has time for it all. I just thought her whole world would have revolved around marriage and having the social standing with other married women. She has no thoughts of children, instead it has been replaced by sex. She does however have thoughts of creation and finds it in as many ways as possible. She does it all. She’s smart too. She has even made the most of not being able to have kids. She sews, and she writes. She even touches the hearts of everyone possible. She teaches female liberation. I don’t know what I can say about that. It does not seem like a hobby. Perhaps, she was a little confrontational with her husbands, and even drove them to a few early graves, killing maybe more than one. That may be an exaggeration or in her deep dark secrets, but she might be a little upset with men. She might blame them for her inability to have children.
Her
story on the other hand is subtle. It is well balanced between good and evil. A
knight rapes a woman. She presses charges. The king wants him dead. He is due
to be executed. The queen takes charge. She asks him a question. He has to
answer the question through a bit of community service. He finds an old woman
who knows the right answer. She answers the question. He has to marry this ugly
woman. He is upset. She turns into a beautiful woman. They live happily ever
after. There is no bitterness for the knight and the rape was not mentioned again. According to the Wife of Bath's account, the knight wasn’t some evil man, he was
just drawn into temptation.
Anyone
can just get a doctor’s note and find their way to the doctor. They ask for prescription
after prescription. They sit and tell
the doctor about their feelings and what has been going on in their lives. Is it, tell me about your feelings? What does
this paint blot look like to you? You sit in that big comfy chair, on that big
comfy couch and just talk. No one knows what you are talking about. You don’t
know what you are talking about. She’s just sitting there and knows all the
right answers. She is older and wiser. She knows what she is doing, and is
never afraid to speak her mind. It sounds like we can all agree that we like
this woman. I have heard previously that many scholars admire and analyze her character because of her rich character.
More is told about this woman in a few paragraphs in the prologue than the other
characters which gives easy analysis of her story about the
knight in shining armor.
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