Significance
- The significance of this tale during the time period it was written is to show how unfairly women were treated. They were treated like property and not as individuals. The Wife of Bath explains what marriage was like in those days and how she wanted to be treated equal.
- The significance of The Wife Of Bath's tale in modern time is to how the ideas of how women should act have changed. Today women don't have to listen to a man and they can do what they want. How women act towards things have changed, for example in today's society women don't have follow rules from a man, they can dress how they want, talk to who they want, and allowed to work. In the past women weren't allowed to have a say in anything, they couldn't work, and they weren't allowed to do whatever they wanted.
- The significance of The Wife Of Bath's tale in modern time is to how the ideas of how women should act have changed. Today women don't have to listen to a man and they can do what they want. How women act towards things have changed, for example in today's society women don't have follow rules from a man, they can dress how they want, talk to who they want, and allowed to work. In the past women weren't allowed to have a say in anything, they couldn't work, and they weren't allowed to do whatever they wanted.