She believes that women should have all the power when in a relationship. In the Wife of Bath's "Prologue," she has five husbands, but she speaks mostly of the fifth husband. The fifth husband was abusive and he hit her because she tore pages from a book he was reading. When she took the blow from his fist she pretended to be dead. To get dominance from this particular husband, she pretends to be dead until he says that he will do anything as long as she is alive. This is when he lets her have all the power and make all the decision in their relationship. From that point on, they lived a happy marriage and she stayed loyal and faithful to him until he passed away. Since she has had five husbands who have let her take complete control of the marriage, she gets the ideal that if women have all the power in a marriage, it will lead to a happy
She believes that women should have all the power when in a relationship. In the Wife of Bath's "Prologue," she has five husbands, but she speaks mostly of the fifth husband. The fifth husband was abusive and he hit her because she tore pages from a book he was reading. When she took the blow from his fist she pretended to be dead. To get dominance from this particular husband, she pretends to be dead until he says that he will do anything as long as she is alive. This is when he lets her have all the power and make all the decision in their relationship. From that point on, they lived a happy marriage and she stayed loyal and faithful to him until he passed away. Since she has had five husbands who have let her take complete control of the marriage, she gets the ideal that if women have all the power in a marriage, it will lead to a happy