In The Wife of Bath prologue, we get the basic idea that the Wife of Bath desires nothing more than dominate power over her spouse. This ideal was clearly shown through her thoughts on the first three husbands she had. She explained that the first three husbands she married were old, and a little short on the intelligent side, and because of that, she described them as the three good husbands. Everyday, she would ask …showed first 75 words of 869 total…

…showed last 75 words of 869 total…and faithful, or to have her become more beautiful but possibly disloyal. But the knight, despite of everything, gave that choice to the woman, and the woman choose to change into a beautiful yet faithful wife to the knight. In the wife of bath's tale, the wife of bath once again proved that woman would always have the dominant power in their relationship with a man, no matter if the man was good or bad.