At the end of The Wife of Bath’s Tale, who has the upper hand and power, the male or the female? And why does it matter in view of what you understand about medieval culture and predilection for hierarchy? Is it a definite black and white issue at the end? If so, how so? And what does it mean for the way marriage is portrayed in the tale? And if it is not so cut and dry, or ambiguous, how so, and what could that mean thematically? How do you see it?
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