About me
The town the Wife of Bath is from.
What is bath.
The number of husbands the Wife of Bath had.
What is 5.
She often debates biblical interpretations with these people.
Who are clergy or men of the Church?
In her tale, this magical creature grants a knight the answer to save his life.
What is an old woman or fairy?
She is an expert in this biblical institution.
What is marriage
She says three of her husbands were this—old and rich.
What is good.
She uses this Old Testament figure to defend having multiple husbands.
Who is King Solomon?
The moral of her tale can be summed up as: women want this most in marriage.
What is sovereignty (or control)?
She is proud of her knowledge in this area, gained through experience, not books.
What is love.
These two husbands were harder to control.
What are the fourth and fifth husbands?
This biblical miracle (Christ’s first) is cited in her pro-marriage argument.
What is the wedding at Cana?
The knight’s crime at the start of the tale.
What is abuse.
She has traveled to this holy city three times.
What is Jerusalem
This event marked a turning point in her marriage with Jankyn.
What is when he hit her and she pretended to die?
She argues that virginity is ideal, but not this.
What is required or realistic?
The transformation of the old woman at the end of the tale is a reward for this.
What is giving her control in the relationship?