The tales include a prologue and twenty-four stories that narrate the stories told by Pilgrims during a journey from London to Canterbury’s cathedral. The wife of Bath’s Prologue focuses on Alison, who narrates her experiences she has had with her five different husbands.
The Wife of Bath’s prologue is a very interesting story because it depicts the world during the fourteenth century. Men were very possessive and disrespectful with their wives; but Alison, the wife of the bath, gives a different idea of women during that time. As she describes her experiences with her five husbands, she claims that woman should be respected and should have the same rights as men did.
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