Chaucer's Wife of Bath: How does the introduction of the Wife of Bath compare to her self description and tale?

Ahead of Her Time <Tab/>The Wife of Bath is perhaps not an attractive woman, but she is well informed in the world of men. She has gone through a sexual revolution by herself and is not afraid to proclaim it to others. By no means does she abide by the standards set for a woman in her time. She preaches to the others about virginity and marriage, not only in …showed first 75 words of 1344 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1344 total…is what she does over and over again. She previously tells the audience that the man she loved the most was the one who beat her for tearing out a page in his book. This sounds as though she had very little power in the relationship at all. The Wife of Bath is making a point that power and love are not easy to come across together, but it is still what women most desire.