The Canterbury Tales: Wife Of Bath

Part I of Essay
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Part II of Essay
.... “Spak in repreve of the Samaritan:/‘Thou hast yhad five housbondes,' quod he,/‘And that ilke man that now hath thee/Is nat thyn housbonde'” (P16). Despite this quote from the holy writ, the Wife states that ther are no other arguments “Eek wel I woot he [Jesus] saide that myn housbonde/Sholde lete fader and moder and take me,/But of no nombre mencion made he [Jesus]--/Of bigamye or of octagamye” (P30). She maintains her position and dismisses the one contention in the Bible by stating in relation to the above quote “Wat that he mente therby ....