Canterbury Tales Wife of Bath
Canterbury Tales - Wife of Bath The Wife of Bath is a very envious women, who desires only a few simple things in life. ... The Wife of Bath desires the obvious in life, but what she most desires above all is being more powerful than her man, her spouse, and her lover. ... " My lady, my love, my dearest wife, I leave the matter to your wise decision. ... " "Certainly, wife, thats it. ... By comparing the Wife of Baths prologue to her tale it becomes very visible that she is jealous of the old hag in her story. ... Since the Wife of Bath loved Johnny (her fifth husband) so much she gave him all of her possessions, intern giving him the power. ... " Through this statement made by the wife it shows that her fifth husband had the upper hand. ... She becomes jealous of the hag in the tale because the hag has what the wife does not. ... The wife has this choice taken from her.