The Wife of Bath's Prologue involves the most disturbed character I have read throughout this entire semester. The wife, whose name is Alisoun, has been married 5 times since the young age of 12 years old. It appears she has a bad outlook on marriage and life, for that matter. Throughout the story you find that the wife, Alisoun, has conflicting emotions with regard to her marriages. She offers a bad spirit harbored with deceit, greed, lust and underhandedness. On one hand she admits her evil ways to the listener and apparently shows no sign of remorse. On the other hand through her nefarious doings and wickedness she expresses her love that she felt in at least one of her marriages.
The wife's first three marriages were to rich, older men and she admits to tormenting them ultimately for her benefit. She powerfully uses sex to get what she desires. Shes after their money. The last two marriages did not work but not because of her. She was mistreated by both. One husband appeared to be more of an outgoing type and had mistresses. He dies on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. The wife's last husband who she confesses she loved was physically abusive to her. Jankyn was much younger than she in age. Out of her several marriages it makes me believe she suffers from this all and this is why she is prone to lying, manipulating and deceit.
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