HIST 1002 Chapter : Hist Essay 4
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1) using the wife of bath"s prologue and tale, discuss chaucer"s. In chaucer"s tale of the wife of bath, he uses the wife and. Marriage: a contract involving loyalty and sovereignty her expertise in marriage to express his own on views on marriage. Chaucer suggests that marriage is mainly a contract not about love or happiness but more about money, status, and children; however, this contract of marriage also requires loyalty. In addition, chaucer illustrates that marriage is often a power struggle between husband and wife in which the wife desires sovereignty in the household. Bath"s prologue, the contract of marriage is exemplified through the wife"s description of her first four husbands. Throughout both her prologue and tale, the wife talks about. The desire of women to have mastery in marriage is explicit in the wife of bath"s tale but also alluded to throughout her prologue. Chaucer uses the wife of bath"s first four husbands to wife.
