'Inconsistencies in The Wife of Bath'

'The primary(prenominal) characters narration in The Wife of cleanse, by Geoffrey Chaucer construct a intered grapheme with lies to hide the mushy side of herself. However, Alisouns in rightfulness shadeing being exposed as she continues with her narration, which creates the inconsistency in her narrative. Alisoun shows her seduce and manipulates her economises in an intelligent demeanor that make them feel crazy to the highest degree her; notwithstanding at the same time, it seems bid she is the nonpareil that entrust for them. The Wife of tubful builds up her mask with a ruffianly and authoritative persona, but every amour she describes about her kinship with the twenty percent conserve seems to be inappropriate with that mask. This is how Alisoun characterizes her persona at the beginning of the prologue:\n\nUpon his flessh whil that I am his wif.\nI feel the magnate during al my lif\nUpon his propre body, and nat he: (163-65)\n\nAlisoun declares that she w ill collect the supply  oer her husbands in each(prenominal) her action; and his propre body  is last to her, nat he . However, in reality thing seems to be the verso of what she constructs her persona:\nThat though he hadde me bet on every boon,\nHe coude winne once once more my love anoon. (517-18)\n\nHer fifth husband, Jankin, has beaten her on every study but he somehow manages to winne again  her love. This clearly is not what she means by have the top executive ¦Upon his propre body . Alisouns fifth husband real has the business office on the whole over her body instead. Moreover, she is voluntary to give all her heart to him That al myn herte I yaf unto his utilise  (605). The Wife of Bath claim all her heart belongs to her husband is contradict with what she claims to be have the power , it also reveals the truth that her husband is the one have the power over her. This is all inconsistent with her nature from the beginning of the prologue, a type of adult female that is independent and governing over men. Alisoun seems to have affection to all of her husband preferably than just using them for money a... '