Geoffery Chaucer In The Canterbury Tales

Geoffery Chaucer has been dead for more than 600 years and is still one of most famous writer today, other wise I wouldn't be writing this essay. The Canterbury tale is one the interesting stories that Geoffery Chaucer has ever wrote, one of the most interesting characters in his story is the wife of bath. She is one of the 29 pilgrims that are on their way to Canterbury, she seems to be the most outgoing and stands out the most. Each of the pilgrims were to tell tales, out of all the pilgrims. Her story said the most, and it reflected a great deal about her own personality.

The wife of bath is described to be larger than life, with broad hips, a face as red as a tomato, and with a huge gap between her teeth. She was said to be very attractive and her "appearance matches a medieval stereotype about what a lustful person looks like." She had to be dressed better than anybody else, and dressed in the newest and most expensive clothing. Wearing the softest shoes, the newest leather, and the finest jewelry is how she had to go out looking every time. She also loved to wear the most ridiculous hats, "A penchant for fine, larger headgear that Chaucer weighs about ten pounds."
She was financial successful, which had a great deal to do with her own personality. This made her more independent, but she had five husbands in which she liked to have control over them in everything. She preferred to get anything she wanted in her marriages. She was also a religious person, she been on many other pilgrimages to religious places, like Rome, Bologna, and Cologne. She had great quantities of knowledge about marriages from her own experience, she defended her lifestyle and did anything to get what ever she wants. She also believed that all women should have control over men and their marriages, and that all men depended on women to