Direct Characterization In The Wife Of Bath's Tale

In The Canterbury Tale and Wife of Bath's Tale, Geoffrey Chaucer utilizes indirect and direct methods of characterization to reveal many of the pilgrims who were associated in both poems to further explain his social commentary. When Chaucer uses direct characterization in his poems he clearly tells the reader what were some of the personality that a character has, but when using indirect characterization he allows us as the reader to form our own opinions of the character. Such as The Wife of Bath's Tale, which uses indirect characterization by portraying the wife as an old woman with wisdom. Chaucer elaborates on the women's wisdom given to the young knight by saying, “If so to do should lie within your might — And you shall know the answer