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How does the Wife of Bath tale relate to the prologue?

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The Wife of Bath uses the prologue to explain the basis of her theories about experience versus authority and to introduce the point that she illustrates in her tale: The thing women most desire is complete control ("sovereignty") over their husbands.

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Accordingly, how does the Wife of Bath's Tale relate to her character?

The Wife of Bath's story obviously reveals her own personality and her desire for sex. She is obviously a very lustful woman who has a preoccupation with sex. She also describes the old crone in her story as a very talkative individual, which is another female character that relates the Wife's own personality.

Beside above, why is the tale told by the Wife of Bath a good match for her personality? The Wife of Bath's tale is well-suited to her personality, because she incorporates her beliefs into the story. 10. Around 1185, Andreas Capellanus wrote The Art of Courtly Love.

Also know, how is the wife of Bath prologue a satire?

The way that Chaucer uses satire in "The Wife of Bath's Tale" is by characterizing the woman using paradoxical traits that in no way represent a woman who would be considered as a man's object of desire. Second, the woman is directly characterized as "broad" and "elderly", meaning that she has no redeeming qualities.

How did the Wife of Bath dress?

The Wife is dressed expensively in scarlet stockings and shoes of soft, new leather, and she has a penchant for fine, large headgear that Chaucer estimates weighs about ten pounds.

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