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A 6 page exploration of the question of whether Chaucer’s “Wife of Bath” is a feminist. The contention is presented in this paper that she is. The author asserts that even the Wife of Bath’s use of sex occurs in a feminist context. Feminist theory is used to back up this contention. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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"The Wife of Bath" presents many considerations in regard to feminist thought and theory. Many readers of this tale have condemned the Wife of Bath as a "heresiarch" or
a "schismatic", contending that she: "She set up, and aimed to establish, a new and
dangerous sect, whose principle was that the wife should rule the husband" (Treharne, 2002).
In reality the Wife of Bath is not so much interested in ruling the husband as she is in exerting what she feels is her own rights. She
does so, however, in a patriarchally dominated world. In this regard the Wife of Bath could indeed be considered a feminist. Indeed, according to Treharne (2002) the Wife
of Bath has recently been appropriated by feminist scholarship. This appropriation, and the psychoanalytical explorations of the character which come with it, has resulted in a varied presentation of
Chaucers character. She is, in fact, variably presented as: "a shrewd businesswoman in an
emergent bourgeoisie, a master of parody providing a corrective to the truths of conventional authorities; or a proto-feminist, an early independently minded woman seeking to reject oppressive patriarchy".
Such presentations are indeed rooted in the manner in which Chaucer himself chooses to portray
his character. Others, however, have criticized this character for the manner in which she waivers backward and foreword in regard to her societal role. Sometimes, for example, she
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