Character Analysis Alisoun in Geoffrey Chaucers The...

Feminist attitudes in The Millers Tale and The Wife of Bath The character of Alisoun in Geoffrey Chaucers The Millers Tale and the character of Alisoun in the writers The Wife of Bath are very similar when considering their feminist-like thinking and the fact that they express particular interest in controlling men that they come across as a consequence of feeling that the general public undermines their roles as members of the social order. Both of these women are probable to be discriminated by readers as a result of their adulterous activities. However, people first need to understand that women were provided with little to no support during the period that the stories relate to and that they struggled to find happiness through untraditional means. When taking into account these two characters, one might be inclined to consider that they put across a rebellious attitude that is relatively irresponsible. Surely, if they were actually interested in promoting feminist thinking, they would have adopted different attitudes. Even with this, one needs to understand that times were different at the time when the stories were written and that such behavior was very feminist in character. The carpenters wife felt that her husband could not provide her with the attention that she needed and did not hesitate to yield to Nicholas advances. The relationship between Alisoun and the carpenter was dysfunctional and it seems perfectly natural for the woman to want more