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When reading the Wife of Bath, by Geoffrey Chaucer, one may automatically assume that Allison, herself, is a feminist. Essentially, her façade shows this through her promiscuity and the power she has had over her five husbands. However, the Wife of Bath is anything but a feminist. She hides her anti-feministic ways through her contradiction of personality, from a sex crazed "dominant" to a dependent submissive. Her anti-feminist ways are portrayed through her ways of manipulating her husbands. Also, her true self surfaces whenever she speaks about her sexuality, mainly when quoting scripture. In a sense, her feministic mannerisms serve as proper evidence that she is clearly an anti-feminist.
Feminism is defined by Merriam-Webster's Dictionary as "the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes". Essentially, this statement attempts to cover what Allison is really about because of her gesticulations around men. She portrays this want for equality through......

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