The Wife Of Bath's Prologue Analysis

What are your thoughts on marriage? Do you still believe that in modern society it is still about love? In, “The Canterbury Tales”, Chaucer uses “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue” and “The Miller’s Tale” to convincingly illustrate that marriage does not always involve love; in modern society marriage is cycling back to the way it was in the Middle Ages. “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue” involved a woman named Alison, who was in 5 marriages in which 4 of her husbands died. She did not kill them, but instead for the first 3 she worked them to death and took all their money. In the introduction she explains that the first three were the best. The fourth husband he had a huge jealousy problem mostly because the wife flirted often with other men, even in front of him. She gave him blue balls until he died. As for the fifth, he beat her yet she loved him the most and gave him all her land and property. In the end, they end up with an agreement and he spoiled her and loves her. From reading “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue” I understand that Alison feels as if women should always be superior over their husbands. For example, when she says “the woman’s wise whose busy till she’s won the love she wants, or she’ll be left with none”. But since I

federal government counts more than a thousand legal benefits for being someone’s spouse. So in modern day American society many people may get married just for the legal benefits and also the video added some additional information. The video states “married people make more money, we’re healthier, we produce happier, more stable and successful kids” and “we live longer”. Although the video was more of a comedy video and probably not a reliable source I do believe some of the information could be true. It could be possible that they do live longer because they make more money together for health insurance, security, better living conditions, and etc. (McCarthy,