The Wife of Bath's Prologue Part I

[@Kakao-q9m]

Very pleasant voice of the Professor!!! Nice in-depth analysis. Interesting and profound. Highly recommended!!!

[@AdheeraggyiMitra]

Thank you so much professor, your vivid explanation really helped me to understand the actual concept of The Wife Of Bath's Tale. Please keep up with the good work.

[@krishnamarandi1853]

This ain't the tale. It's prologue.

[@Kakao-q9m]

He probably thinks it helps with both

[@Kakao-q9m]

It's a feminist standpoint - in many ways. First, she is determined to make men change their opinions. And in the way that she is honest and tells her truth - from having been married off at age twelve which honestly is sexual abuse against her will - to a much older man. But she refuses to play the victim card. She is still self-confident even though she was physically abused by her fifth husband and had to sell her body to three older wealthy men in marriage... But she was indirectly forced to learn her LESSON when she was SUDDENLY older and wealthy and her last two men married her obviously for MONEY. Still after becoming the victim of domestic abuse by her fifth husband she reacts in a way that leaves her in a positive position even though she was deaf in one ear after the incident... She is determined to marry a sixth time and that's why she is on that pilgrimage!!! In the end it's not only naive to expect her to be of highest morals just because she is a feminist, - it's also not a contradiction to say she is a feminist and still not a faultless character. If power is bound to flawless characters then goodnight Europe. And the world. Feminism isn't based on the pretense that women are better people, it's based on the assumption THAT they aren't less than men who have dominated them aß long as history can actually recall and remember... Status and power don't belong to one side of humanity just because of a distinct body part!!! Women don't have to be better than men to get the same rights. This idea is patriarchy at its best. Chaucer shows in this very lively and reckless person that he doesn't need to paint a picture of perfection to make a lasting impression on every reader of his Canterbury Tales by this remarkable and outstanding victim of domestic abuse, sexual abuse, and so she tells them all that her tale is still about how to survive and thrive in an environment that is, WORLDWIDE, more than ready to exploit women whenever possible...!!!