Canterbury Tales Wife Of Bath

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of husbands was: rich, but also old and

unable to fulfill her demands, sexually that is. The other husbands

were sexually vigorous, but harder to control. The first three were

rich, old, and jealous. She tamed them by accusing them of promiscuous

behavior, that she herself practiced. Her fourth husband had a

mistress, so she "gave him a real cause for jealousy" (Halliday 119).

At the funeral of her first husband she fell in love with the legs of

an Oxford clerk. Although he was half her age, he became her fifth

husband. This marriage was unhappy because he beat her. To anger her

fifth husband, the wife of Bath tore three pages from his book. After

this he beat her again. She pretended to be dead and he felt so guilty

that he threw his whole book in the fire. This gave her the upper hand

for the rest of his life. She presently is looking for a sixth

husband when her character is introduced (Halliday 119).



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