One aspect that I find to be old-fashioned,
is the expectations of the traditional role that the old lady was expected to
follow. A wife’s place was to essentially follow two feet behind her husband
and stand silently behind him, not questioning his authority. Even though this
was the traditional setup, the old lady had enough courage to stand up for what
she wanted out of her personal relationships regarding marriage and wasn’t afraid
to make those expectations known of her sexual preference; For this to happen during the medieval time
period, I think it tells us a lot about her strong personality.
Just like most females today, The Wife of
Bath has no shame in what has happened in her past nor does she feel that
people should chastise her for expressing her own sexuality. Since she
has had many experiences with men from her past, it makes her an expert; some
females have the same mind set presently, feeling as though since they have
been in many relationships, it makes
them an expert to give advice to someone else (sometimes unwanted). For the romantic side of story, it is basically nonexistent. Basically the only husband she truly loved was her fifth, the others were a mean to keeping her accustomed to a certain life style; this reflects why some people in our current time period get married, not for loving the person they're with but for convenience.
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