Beginning of Essay
According to popular culture, specifically through the use of such magazines as Glamour and Cosmopolitan, the woman of the twentieth century can still be defined by her sexual identity, although perhaps in different terms than were used when Chaucer first wrote th ....

Middle of Essay
.... was written, and indeed, when this twentieth century perspective is removed, she becomes the outrageous woman she was first meant to be: every bit as aggressive as women today in the pursuit of their goals and fulfillment. Yes, the Wife of Bath is a woman that we of this age can relate to, she speaks freely and openly, and displays none of the characteristics that would have defined a woman of that time, she is not subtle and demure, nor does she shy away from describing her sexual needs and desires. In her very descriptions of her life she depicts herself as something other than the norm, from the opening page where she is rebuked for having had so ....