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The Canterbury Tales: General Prologue & Frame Story Wife of Bath's Prologue Summary

  • At this point, the Wife of Bath delivers a long, proto-feminist (or anti-feminist, depending on your point of view) diatribe. (For more about this, see Shmoop's guides to the "Wife of Bath's Prologue" and the "Wife of Bath's Tale.")