... Contradiction for Sexual Equality in the Canterbury Tales The Wife of Bath has been described and depicted as an independent proto-feminist who long ago led the charge for sexual equality. Chaucer's visionary protagonist was a refreshing and modern look at women's rights in the fifteenth century. She spends much of her prologue breaking down stereotypical barriers that have confined women of her time to passive and ... shock, "My love . . . Nay my dampnacioun!" (1073). He continues to spout off lines of rejection; digging himself into a deeper hole with the woman he has already sworn indi...

• Word Count: 1535
• Approx Pages: 6

... Contradiction for Sexual Equality in the Canterbury Tales The Wife of Bath has been described and depicted as an independent proto-feminist who long ago led the charge for sexual equality. Chaucer's visionary protagonist was a refreshing and modern look at women's rights in the fifteenth century. She spends much of her prologue breaking down stereotypical barriers that have confined women of her time to passive and ... shock, "My love . . . Nay my dampnacioun!" (1073). He continues to spout off lines of rejection; digging himself into a deeper hole with the woman he has already sworn indi...

• Word Count: 1535
• Approx Pages: 6