re than his own life, although he felt foolish for marrying her since she was so young and skittish. This, in turn, led him to keep a close watch on her whenever possible. The Millers main point in his story is that if a man obtains what he wants from God or from his wife, he wont ask questions or become jealous. Apparently the miller feels that the male is after his own sexual pleasure and doesnt concern himself with how his wife uses her "privetee" as pointed out in lines 55-58:"An housbonde shal nat been inquisityfOf Goddes pryvetee, nor of his wyf.So he may fynde Goddes foyson there,Of the remenant nedeth nat enquere."Stories like the Millers tale are still popular in todays society, those which claim that jealousy and infidelity arise from marriages between old men and beautiful young women.Another story which contains a rather liberal point of view of marriage is The Wife of Baths Tale. The wife of bath clearly has a carefree attitude towards marriage. She knows that the woes of marriage are now inflicted upon women, rather, women inflict these woes upon their husbands. In setting forth her views of marriage, however, she actually proves that the opposite is true in lines 1-3 in her prologue:"Experience, though noon auctoriteeWere in this world, is right ynough for meTo speke of wo that is in mariage"The wife of bath, in her prologue, proves to her own satisfaction that the millers perception of marriage is correct, and then declares that it is indeed acceptable for a woman to marry more than once. She claims that chastity is not necessary for a successful marriage. She also claimed that virginity is never even mentioned in the Bible, as is seen in the lengthy passage of lines 59-72 of her prologue:"Wher can ye seye in any manere ageThat hye God defended mariageBy expres word? I praye yow, telleth me.Or where comanded he virginitee?I woot as wel as ye, it is no drede,Thapostl, whan he speketh of maydenhede,He seyde that p...
