The question still remains today: what do women most want to be happy? The Canterbury Tale, by Chaucer, the Wife of Bath, is about women and their happiness. The Wife of Bath's prologue describes to the audience her experience with men and marriage from her past. When Chaucer begins to describe Allison, the Wife of Bath, the very first word of his prologue is Experience. It is clear to the audience that his prologue and story will definitely focus on his life experience. Her experience with sex within marriage allows Allison to gain control over her many husbands, and she uses her story to advance her message that women should have dominance in marriage, since being the domination it is what will please any woman more than sex, money, wealth or marriage. whatever it may be. With her five marriages that she has had many people have criticized her. He says people say you should only get married once. She was told you married five different men, but who married you? She replies that if great ancient figures are allowed to be with multiple wives at the same time, then why can't the woman. the only thing is to think that if he had found what she was looking for in her first marriage she would never have married five times. A 14th century wife being her motivation and conditions for making a claim about what she intends to share about her marital history, we must consider the intentions behind her marital decisions. The words used in the Prologue explain his message by shaping his character and situation. He states that even though virginity is important, someone has to procreate to create new virgins. He says that besides virginity the best gift a woman can receive is her sexual potency. She uses that power as a "tool" to con...... middle of paper......Wife of Bath's Tale explains the Wife's, and perhaps Chaucer's, intentions behind sharing such an extensive biography in his prologue is an addition of the powerful relationship between Allison and her many husbands and how she is so willing and confident in everything she does because she feels she has power over her four husbands. Works Citedo Caie, GD (1976). The meaning of the early glosses of Chaucer's manuscripts (with particular reference to the "Prologue of the Wife of Bath"). Chaucer's review, 350-360. or Chaucer, G. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://english.fsu.edu/canterbury/wife.html or Crane, S. (1987). Alison's poetic incapacity and instability in The Wife of Bath's Tale. Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, 20-28. or Greenblatt, S. (2013). The Norton anthology of English literature, the principal authors. New York: W. W. Norton & Co.