The Wife of Bath

Social Position / Experiences

• Upperclass traveler
• Jerusalem (three times)
• Rome and Boulogne
• St. James of Compostella
• Cologne

Physical Traits

• Fancy clothes
• Finely woven
• Fine scarlet red hoses
• Soft new shoes
• Large hips

Vices / Poor Qualities

• Partially deaf
• Five different husbands
• Loved too many men
• Gap-teeth (Love)

Positive Traits

• Enjoyed laughing and talking
• Skilled traveler
• Gap-teeth (Travel)

"In company she liked to laugh and chat / And knew the remedies for love's mischances, / An art in which she knew the oldest dances."

Rue McClanahan

Rue McClanahan