In The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, the Wife of Bath is depicted as one of the more attractive and lively characters that travels on the pilgrimage. Dame Alice, the Wife of Bath, believes men should obey her, and she should not be controlled by anyone, especially a man. In the prologue, the Wife of Bath is portrayed as a strong-willed and dominant woman that always gets herself what she wants when she wants it, and she uses the same techniques and characteristics for the women in her tale. Dame Alice gives readers an insight to her life and previous marriages in her prologue. She explains her different experiences in marriage and the different men she has wed. The prologue confirms that Dame Alice has been married five times. It