The Wife Of Bath's Tale: Modern Women
In The Wife of Baths Tale, the wife of bath is considered a modern woman. Today’s definition of a modern woman, would be someone who was promiscuous, strong willed, and convincing. Today’s women know how to get what they want, by using what they have and she defiantly does that. The wife of bath likes to take control of her marriage doing as she pleases. She feels men should submit to her, and this is seen in today’s society with the saying “happy wife, happy life”. In the story, the knight was given the question what do most women desire most, the answer being most women desire to be dominate in their relationship. When he said his answer all of the women there agreed to his answer. Although many women would agree with this way of thinking,