The Wife of Bath’s Tale: Themes, Characters, and Chaucer’s Bold Message
The Wife of Bath’s Tale remains one of the most analyzed, debated, and admired stories in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, and its themes feel strikingly modern even though it was written in the late 1300s. The tale, paired with the Wife of Bath’s unforgettable prologue, explores power, gender, marriage, and the deeply human desire…