Canterbury Tales Essay - Wife Of Bath And The Battle Of The Sexes:
The Wife of Bath - The Battle of the Sexes
How far do you agree that in the battle of the sexes it is the wife of Bath who has the most effictive weapons and armour?
The Wife sees the relationship between men and women as a battle in which it is crucial to gain the upper hand,
'Oon of us two must bowen, douteless'
Her armour was indeed necessary, as in Medieval England, women definitley were second class citizens who were viewed as goods and chattels, with no financial independence. They were often beaten, and it is clearly in the Wife's nature to protect herself.
She uses weapons like her sexuality and her youth to make her husbands suffer, so much so that they feel impotent.
'How pitously a-night I made hem swinke!'
This weapon was highly effective with first three husbands who she managed to dominate,
'I hadde hem hoolly in myn hond'
and they handed over 'lond and hir tresoor' as she with held sex in order to get her own way with them.
The Wife also used......
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