Canterbury Tales - The Wife of Bath

The Wife of Bath was an anti-feminist that opposed single marriages. Although one would imagine the Wife of Bath to be ashamed of her way of life, she simply is not. She is actually very proud of what she has accomplished in life. With her four dead ex-husbands, she has received plenty of money and valuables. Married now to her fifth husband who is much younger, not because of his wealth, but because she has true love for him. Her basic method of thinking is that if God did not want one to have sex, he would not have given the human race the ability to do so. …