Q.) To what extent does the Wife of Bath’s Prologue support or criticize the tradition of misogynistic literature prevalent in the medieval period? Support your answer with evidences in the text. Ans.) An important element, that is generally noticed in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales is his portrayal of all the women character. Chaucer, in his works, has created a stereotypical image of women – someone kind, […]

In The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale, she justifies her female role in a male society by using the Bible against those who challenge her decisions and lifestyle; she also uses her body as a way to get what she wants from her husbands, showing the reader that she is the one in the dominant role and not her husbands. In the prologue, the […]