The wife of bath

Look at this picture of the wife of bath!

Anyway, I loved the Wife of Bath tale and prologue. I have read it before but we never really talked about it in depth like we did on Monday. I thought the story was hilarious. She makes some very good points about the way society is. I especially like how blunt she is about things. She is not afraid to say what is on her mind and I really admire that characteristic. At the time this story was written, women didn't have very much independence and the Wife of Bath defied that.

The fact that she has had five husbands makes her a very experienced woman in love. I think anybody who has been married that many time develops a certain level of wisdom and knows exactly what men like and do not like. This gives her and advantage over other woman because although she may not be the most attractive, she has something that many other women do not have...experience.
She has a very dirty yet hilarious sense of humor. The Wife of Bath says things that most women in her time probably did not even think of let alone have courage to say it aloud. Overall, the wife of Bath's Tale was very good. I love how the knight decides at the end to let her choose what she thinks is best for him (I guess he knew that women know best haha just kidding) and then he got the best of both worlds. This story is definitely one of my favorites thus far and is probably going to be even after the semester is over.