The Wife of Bath is known as one of the world's first feminists. Her ability to use her femininity to take advantage of men is recognized by many who read Chaucer's anthology. He writes in line 470 of the anthology, “She was toothless, truthfully to say…” By saying this, Chaucer is indicating that the Wife of Bath can appear very loving to men. Having a gap between the teeth, shows a sign of amorousness. Chaucer is carrying this sign forward by translating that the Wife of Bath is considered attractive by a variety of men. In lines 477 to 478, Geoffrey Chaucer writes, “Of love remedies he knew the parchaunce, for he knew that art which the old man danced.” Most men may not realize it, but the Wife of Bath knew how to charm just about any man. She has been with so many men that nothing is new to her. This leads one to believe that she is very knowledgeable and cunning, not just a woman in need of a man's fortune. It takes an astute observer, like Chaucer, to understand