Wife Of Bath's Tale Women Essay

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In Geoffrey Chaucer's Wife of Bath's Tale, the main woman role completely modernized how women are portrayed, and I personally believe, women roles in society in general. The emergence of such a rebellious, free spirit shocked the general public. No one had ever heard of a woman put on that honest of a pedestal; presented as a powerful, decrepit, and wise lady of the evening. I believe that it formed a completely new social type of women in newer literary works, and even in our society in general, because of the fact that women had always been controlled by men; they were never aloud to be outspoken, opinionated, or brag and boast about their talents in the bedroom. Chaucer satirically rubbed into societies face the fact that the general public isn't as flawless as people had always made them seem. That society and gender roles didn't have to be this way. …show more content…
Back in Chaucer’s time period, men were controlling of their wives. Women didn't have a say in much and definitely weren't respected to the degree that men were, if at all. From the moment she and the knight had met, she was manipulating and openly controlling him; when he asked what women most covet in the world, she spoke her “gospel in his ear” (198) saying that what they desire most is “self-same sovereignty”(214). Upon saving his life she demanded for him to “take [her] as [his] wife” for the good that she had done for him(231). The control went on past that when he ended up giving his decision on who he was to marry and stay with for eternity to her, saying he’d leave the “matter to [her] wise decision”(407). She, without him knowing, had gained full control of him in every aspect. Which in turn, gave control to all of modern woman roles we see today. It’s socially acceptable for women to make their own lives and decisions nowadays. All because Chaucer exposed how society and gender roles really worked; all of the flaws and disfunction of it
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