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Wife Of Bath Character Analysis

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I am the knight described in Chaucer's original pilgrims. I am looked at as worthy, honorable, and wise. A lot of people has recognized me for all of the battles I have won, but realize that I am not as happy as I should be. People view me as worthy because I have won fifteen battles and have not lost a single battle yet. I feel that I am honorable because I am morally sound and right-minded, I do what is good for the good of the people. I am wise because make the correct decisions as far as my life and helping others. However, I do not walk around with a smile all of the time because I have had a hard life. Fighting battles and being looked up to especially by my son is a very hard thing to deal with. I constantly have people looking up to …show more content…

I am looked at as some one of wealth, joyfulness, and fair. People see me with new shoes and clothes and feel as though I am wealthy. People see me with company laughing, assuming that I am full of joy and happy all of the time. People look at my face and feel as though I am fair, a pretty lady. People believe that I am a good woman, being that I have married multiple Christian men, but little do they know I am not happy. Those men were my masters and I was their slave. Although that is the case, I am still very respectful to others, I am a Christian woman who is loved by many. Like the Knight, I am loved by others, I am respectful to others, and I am Christian. Unlike the knight, I show that I am happy around company, I may not be considered worthy because I have yet to do anything worthy for others, and I have not been labeled as honorable. It may be more hard for the Knight to hide his unhappiness because he has been through a tough life and he has risked his life so much for other that he does not have to hide his unhappiness. Me on the other hand, people assume I should be happy because I have married five Christian "good" men, if I were to seem unhappy people may think I am ungrateful. So I should continue to put on the act. I may be unhappy, but I will remain respectful and Christian, so hopefully I will remained loved by others. I must be strong and not let the past affect my

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