When my good husband from the world is gone,
Some Christian man shall marry me anon;
For then, the apostle says that I am free
To wed, in God’s name, where it pleases me.
He says that to be wedded is no sin;
Better to marry than to burn within.
The Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath’s, page 224.
The Wife of Bath’s expresses her opinion of marriage, which is that she would rather be married many time than be unsatisfied. This shows that she has power just for the simple fact that she doesn’t care that she’s been married multiple times and whatever stigma it may hold. She is willing to do whatever she has to to be happy and be her own person. She enjoys marriage and feels its okay to love more than once since there is nothing that says it’s wrong.
