f whichever’s the mostpleasant, most honourable toy you, and me also. All’s one to me; choose either of thetwo; what pleases you is good enough for me. (250)He made the right choice and she gave him both a beautiful loyal bride.The Wife of Bath wanted to have dominance over all males that is what she shows in herown life, the Prologue, as well as in her Tale. The queen in the tale has the power to let herhusband behead the knight. The Wife of Bath herself held sexual deeds over her husbands inexchange for money. She held power over their property and money. The women of this storyare portrayed as opposites of the way women were supposed to act in those times. These womanwere independent although still able to be put into their place by their husband. There is alwaysan alternative motive, which is the woman receives what she wants in the end. The Wife of Bathis not a picture of chastity but she proves that there is nothing wrong with marrying more thanonce because she waited for each to die before remarrying and in the bible the men say that it isall right by the Lord to marry....
