Gender Roles In The Wife Of Bath's Tale

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Gender roles are prominent in "The Wife of Bath's Tale". Satire which is when an author takes his own serious note on a subject but exaggerates some elements in which he wants to make fun of society is Chaucer's literary work. In this story women are created to be against their husbands and used sexually. This means in that time it is set that men have the power and women are only there for primitive needs of the men. In this period of time a woman was seen as having little to no control over herself and that is why she needs a husband or man to make sure she does not ruin herself. The pardoner even talks about his own fears of getting married because of certain men who see themselves as the holder of the power in the marriage. In the woman’s

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