In the Wife of Bath's Prologue, we learn that this self-proclaiming, imperfect wife, is a strong-willed woman who wishes to assert female domination over the man. It is first important to understand that the wife does not pretend to be perfect because, it indicates that she is not preaching her morals to us. Rather, she lets us relate to her as another human being with feelings and opinions. This line states, "I'm not envious, although …showed first 75 words of 494 total…

…showed last 75 words of 494 total…traditional ideas of marriage in her time. She states plainly " not difficult" what she will have as a husband. In this we can also draw that if a man does not give this to her, he will, because she will make him. This again supports the feminine control over equality. I suspect that that Chaucer, with the Wife of Bath may have created the first literal warrior in the war of the sexes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**