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Essay Archive - The Canterbury Tales: Wife of Bath
The Canterbury Tales: Wife of Bath
In the Hollywood blockbuster Basic Instinct, Sharon Stone plays a devious,
manipulative, sex-driven woman who gets whatever she wants through her
ploys for control. Stone's portrayal of this character is unforgettable
and makes the movie. In book or film, the most memorable female characters
are those who break out of the stereotypical “good wife” mold. When an
author or actress uses this technique effectively, the woman often carries
the story. In Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, he portrays the Wife
of Bath, Alison, as a woman who bucks the trad....
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