In the “Wife of Bath's Tale,” the wife craves power over men and independence, as well as contributing to the religious controversies that take place in the Canterbury Tales. In the story "The Wife of Bath", the wife exercises her right to power due to the common mistreatment of women in the Canterbury Tales. Alison, the wife, intends to gain power through the use of her body. It's essentially about all women and their need for independence and subtle power over men, but it takes it to an extraordinary extreme. He says: “what mattered most was that [the women] were pampered and flattered. This seems very close to the truth to me; A man can win [women] best with flattery. To dance with us, make a fuss…” (Chaucer 283). This means that women, unlike men, deserve praise and flattery for their being. She (and implicitly other women) wants and craves attention that is believed to be sexual attention. There is a desire to gain power over men and essentially make them fuss and fawn over a woman so that a woman can even think about fulfilling men's needs. Alison uses her sophisticated and enduring personality to express these desires for power and attention, keeping her relationships pragmatic in the process as she uses her body to gain control over that of her husbands while asking one of them to "pull back the curtain , husband ! Look at me! In ecstasy he took her in his arms...'And have I conquered mastery?' said she, “Since I must choose and rule as I see fit?” “Certainly, wife,” he replied, “it is so” (292-293), she has gained control over her husband, even triumphing in making him admit that he has “won the mastery”. Alison behaving in a sexual way, attracts the attention of a… medium of paper… and does so by using the Bible, which is associated with the male authority, to support his claims. He works within the patriarchy of society, saying: "'If God had commanded virginity to all, marriage would be condemned beyond all appeal, and certainty if the seed had never been sown , how could virginity grow?'" She is simply attempting to justify her unscrupulous behavior and her five-time marriage with her misinterpreted Bible verses. In her account, Alison can be seen as confirming misogynistic ideals through his promiscuous acts. Instead of looking for a husband with feminist intentions in mind, she simply looks for someone who will provide for her in exchange for lewd sexual favors, thus upending the idea of ​​being a strong, independent woman. Works Cited Chaucer, Geoffrey and Nevill Coghill. The Canterbury Tales. London: Allen Lane, 1977. Print.