The Wife Of Bath Women's Role In Society

In medieval times, women had three options to play a role within society. These options consisted of becoming a nun, wife, and/ or mother. In Chaucer's General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, women who occupy these roles were described into great detail. The one that stood out the most to me was the Wife of Bath. Chaucer the Pilgrim goes on to explain that the Wife of Bath is a forcefulluy beautiful woman who has been married five times. This is far from shocking considering the role that women played in this time. However, the Wife of Bath is much more than a wife. Based on the description of her clothing she has a little money and she even likes to travel which is unusal for a woman of her time. Women in the medievial times main priorities
were to be wives, mothers and to take care of home. Women did not have the privilage to travel to the extent that Wife the Bath did. Futhermore, Chaucer the Pilgrim explains that Wife the Bath reason for joining them is her love of travel.