Wife of Bath

-she does not necessarily have a profession, she is a ___________Woman of

free spirit______________________
-"kerchiefs were of finely woven ground weighed a good ten pound (463)
-hose
were
of
the
finest
scarlet
red
and
gartered
tight____________________________ (466)
-shoes were _____soft and new____________________ (467)
-bold was her face, handsome, and red in hue (468)
-gap-teeth, set widely (478)
-flowing mantle that concealed ______large hips_____, her heels spurred
sharply under that (482)
-not like typical medieval women
-women would usually not travel on their own
-she had thrice been to _________Jerusalem______, seen many strange rivers
and passed over them; shed been to ___Rome_______ and also to Boulogne,
St. James of Compostella and Cologne, and she was skilled in wandering by
the way (473)
- shed had ______5-7__ husbands, all at the church door (470)
- knew the remedies for loves mischances, an art in which she knew the
oldest dances (485-486) She has been married five times and therefore
knows how to deal with problematic relationships
-Chaucer respects the Wife of Bath because she lives by her own rules and
proudly stands by them
-a _______worthy_____ woman somewhat deaf, which was a pity (455456)
-actor: _____Helena Bonham Carter___________________________________