Geoffrey Chaucer was charged with rape by a woman named Cecily Chaumpaigne around the year 1380. It is most likely that a distinguishable character, such as Chaucer would not have been guilty of this charge. However, the word "rape" probably referred to kidnapping rather than assaulting a woman as it means today. Cecily Chaumpaigne in 1380 released Chaucer of all charges of "raptu meo," a phrase that could be interpreted as "seizing me". It is possible that …showed first 75 words of 1166 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1166 total…In conclusion, the wife longs what every woman wants in a relationship; power. Because of this desire for power she becomes jealous of the hag, whom she identifies with. She wishes that even though she is ugly, as the hag is, she can have the power that the hag has. That she may be given from her partner the power to make the decisions and the choices and not have that taken away from her.