the wife of bath's prologue contains social criticism, particularly with respect to marriage in a substantial manner. discuss.
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The Wife of Bath is considered to be in the middle-class group of Pilgrims. This is because of her exploitative behaviors and her attitude that a woman rules. She had five husbands and dominated each of them, the last one being half her age.
The Wife of Bath sees marriage as a means for her to have sex and she has a strong sexual appetite. She feels that God gave women sexual desires and that it can't be wrong to give in to those desires because they are God-given.
In Chaucer's “General Prologue,” the Wife of Bath is intentionally described in an explicit way to provoke a shocking response. ... The Wife of Bath is a headstrong bold woman of her time. She shows off her Sunday clothes with evident pride, wearing ten pounds of cloth, woven by herself under her hat.
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