FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
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Detailed explanation-1: -Short Summary: Alisoun, the Wife of Bath, has been married five times and is ready for another husband: Christ never specified how many times a woman should marry.
Detailed explanation-2: -It seems that in the Middle Ages the Wife of Bath’s behavior is not the norm, so she tries to redeem herself by insisting that God wants her to be married many times. After all, “God bad us for to wexe and multiplye”–and, therefore, she has to marry as often as she can. The Wife of Bath has had five husbands.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Wife of Bath: Prologue Translation She says that she used her first three marriages as a way to consolidate money and power. She claims that she did this through her sexuality and beauty when she was younger.
Detailed explanation-4: -She is confident about her knowledge of love, virginity and marriage because she has been married five times and declares that her experience is more important than knowledge derived from scholars and books.
Detailed explanation-5: -Summary: The Wife of Bath’s Prologue Since her first marriage at the tender age of twelve, she has had five husbands.