The Tale of the Wife of Bath by Geoffrey Chaucer, found in the Canterbury Tales, is a genre of romance originating in north-west France at the time medieval. In the story, the Wife of Bath goes through different stages in how power is perceived. In addition, the tale has many sexual parts, which plays an important role in this era. The Wife of Bath is an opinionated woman who has similar and different ideas about women, men, and marriage, compared to how society viewed these ideas in medieval times. The Wife of Bath's view of marriage is different from how her society views marriages. The knight in the story is forced to marry the older woman because of the favor she does him. In medieval society, women had no say. Of course, this was not done out loud and his punishment, decided by the queen of the court, is that he must discover what women desire most. Originally, the king wanted the knight to have his head cut off. When the Knight rapes a virgin and takes "her virginity" (64), taking advantage of the virgin, he feels he is gaining power but in reality he is losing everything he has. Stated in The Wife of Bath's Tale: "That he condemned the knight to lose his head, through the law." He was almost dead. » (67-68). The Wife of Bath uses the knight's rape of the virgin to present her case against those men in medieval times who abused their authority over women. When the knight returns to the audience room, he says, “My lord and lady in general, a woman wants the same sovereignty over her husband as she does over her lover” (213-215). In medieval times, women had no power over anything unless they were queens. In Women and Power in the Middle Ages, written by Mary Erler, "the wives and wives of these powerful men were generally seen as decorative servants, while ordinary women were presumed to have no power." » (Wander). The woman's job, as a wife, is the one who is responsible for all household chores, including childcare. If you were to marry a rich husband, or if you were rich in general, chances are you had a very similar relationship between the Wife of Bath and society. The Wife of Bath simply had stronger opinions on things that society didn't pay much attention to, such as the fact that nobles only saw evil in women during sexual relations. The Wife of Bath Tale explained her views well and it shows that women at that time needed some power in