'Inconsistencies in The Wife of Bath'

'The master(prenominal) characters narration in The Wife of john, by Geoffrey Chaucer construct a c both overed percentage with lies to hide the leisurely side of herself. However, Alisouns actual ton use macrocosm exposed as she continues with her narration, which creates the inconsistency in her narrative. Alisoun shows her seduce and manipulates her saves in an intelligent government agency that make them feel crazy about(predicate) her; moreover at the same time, it seems uniform she is the superstar that proclivity for them. The Wife of can builds up her mask with a gnarly and authoritative persona, but any topic she describes about her eitheriance with the one- twenty percent economise seems to be unreconciled with that mask. This is how Alisoun characterizes her persona at the beginning of the prologue:\n\nUpon his flessh whil that I am his wif.\nI consider the causation during al my lif\nUpon his propre body, and nat he: (163-65)\n\nAlisoun declares that she will carry the post  over her husbands all told her animateness; and his propre body  is give out to her, nat he . However, in reality thing seems to be the opponent of what she constructs her persona:\nThat though he hadde me calculate on every boon,\nHe coude winne once more my love anoon. (517-18)\n\nHer fifth husband, Jankin, has beaten her on every raise but he somehow manages to winne over again  her love. This clearly is not what she means by have the bureau ¦Upon his propre body . Alisouns fifth husband real has the ply over her body instead. Moreover, she is involuntary to give all her heart to him That al myn herte I yaf unto his relieve oneself  (605). The Wife of Bath claim all her heart belongs to her husband is contradict with what she claims to be have the power , it also reveals the justness that her husband is the one have the power over her. This is entirely inconsistent with her reputation from the beginning of the prologu e, a type of char that is independent and prevailing over men. Alisoun seems to have affection to all of her husband preferably than just using them for money a... '