Love and The Wife of Bath People do so much in their futile attempts to gain love. The Wife of Bath from “The Canterbury Tales” does many things to get love also. She marries four husbands to get love by controlling the. She marries her fifth husband, Johnny, to get love by being controlled. Also, the Wife of Bath believes that true love will come to her only when she gains the equality she feels …showed first 75 words of 590 total…

…showed last 75 words of 590 total…In the end, the Wife of Bath realizes that true love will come to her only when she gains the equality she feels she deserves. As page 113 says, “Thou sholdest saye, ‘Wif, go wher thee leste.” The Wife of Bath believes she is smart enough to control her own life. She shouldn’t be governed by what society and her husband tell her. The Wife of Bath uses her tale to get this point across