Feminism in The Wife Of Bath Feminism, or a doctrine advocating social, politcal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men, plays a large role in "The Wife of Bath's Prologue". Describing marriage as a misery, the Wife has been married five times. Only one of her husbands she married was because of true love. The reason why she has gone through so many husbands is because her ideal husband is one who permits her to do whatever she wants. Of course, in the 1990's and even back in the 1500's, that kind of spouse is hard to find. The Wife is a pragmatist, or one who is concerned with actual practice. She is a very sexually active person, although is said to be "gap-toothed", overweight, and foul smelling. In her prayer, she asks for meek, youthful, sexually vigorous husband to fulfill her needs. Due to the Wife's feministic views, she can fulfill her needs and desire's because of her strong opinion. She can continue to marry however many men she wants until her needs are met. "He said that as for precepts he had none. One may advise a woman to be one; Advice in my commandment in my view. He left in our judgement what to do." In this quote, the Apostle Paul is telling the Wife to use her good judgement against her views. It is considerably easy to understand the Wife's views about feminism, because in her time women did not have the same privilege's as men. She expresses her strong opinions, which results in gaining the power that she always wanted.
Woman in “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” compared to the women in Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight shows a progress or a power shift between men and women. When the knight sees the old lady and asks her for her help, she’s the only one who has that power to help save him. Now in terms of power, the old lady and the Wife differ in how they show their power. For example, The Wife in the prologue, she talks about her having five husbands and is looking for the sixth one and how her husband who “shal be bothe my dettour and my thral / And have his tribulacion withal / Upon his flesh whil that I am his wif.” (shall be both my debtor and my slave / And bear his tribulation to the grave / Upon his flesh, as long as I’m his wife) (The Wife of Bath’s Prologue 161-163) and even how she “have the
but she seems to be a person who would only marry for love and not for
marriage. She was to do just as he said, without so much as uttering a
that women can’t decide on what they want and that even when put in the man’s position, they’re
...omething serious. Difalco says that “she wanted a man who did not mind to hang around the house.” Meaning that she want somebody who wants a monogamous relationship and could wanted to know more about her personality and skills rather than having sex. However, they only wanted to have fun and sex, but I think that she wanted to forget about her husband and move one.
The Wife of Bath is a complex character-she is different from the way she represents herself. Maybe not even what she herself thinks she is. On the surface, it seems as though she is a feminist, defending the rights and power of women over men. She also describes how she dominates her husband, playing on a fear that was common to men. From a point of view of a man during that time period, she seemed to illustrate all of the wrongs that men found in women. Such as a weak parody of what men, then saw as feminists. The Wife of Bath constantly emphasizes the negative implications of women throughout the ages. She describes women as greedy, controlling, and dishonest.
immediacy of her second marriage suggest that there may be some question as to whether
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...nd “there needed no proof”(300) because she totally trust her husband and is willing to give up her life into loving her husband. Women in the eighteenth century choose to obey everything their husband said, they voluntarily bow to the power of their men because of love.
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Mrs. Bennet attempts to marry off her daughters to the best possible men. This was recognised by everyone and she often appeared to embarrass her daughters whenever she spoke. In her eyes the men she wanted for her daughters were wealthy, socially powerful and polite men. The idea that her daughters should marry for gain in material aspects of life was much more important for Mrs. Bennet than for her daughters to marry someone they were in love with. She believed that the family should organize the arrangement, seeing as the young girls are under the care of the family. Mrs. Bennet believes "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." Therefore, she be...
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