The Wife of Bath –Husbands analysis
Outline the characters of the five husbands; how has she responded to each?
The Wife of Bath claims that three of her husbands were good and two of them were bad. The three that were good men were rich and old and they were not able to satisfy her in bed. She finds it amusing when she remembers how she tired them out (lines 201-202) “I laughe whan I thynke how pitously a nyght I made hem swynke”
They gave her all their wealth and so she felt that she no longer had a need to be diligent with the (205) “me neded nat do longer diligence” She made them work so hard for her on many nights that she heard them crying “weilawey” (216)