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Canterbury Tales: Wife of Bath Chaucer portrays the Wife of Bath as if she is a hypocrite, although, beneath the words, there is a great deal of wisdom involved. The approach that I take, is the view that this tale is advice for women to ....

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... suffer in the flesh. I will have command over his body during all his life, not he." In other words, she is saying that she will have total control over herself, her husband, and their household and very specifically, "...not he". This can be interpretated that her husband will not have the same privileges as her in the sense that he is like a 'slave' and she will 'command' over him.. This quotation seems as if the Wife of Bath is leaning toward the feministic opinion. "Nevertheless, since I know your pleasure I'll satisfy your physical pleasure." This was said by the Wife of Bath and supports ...