Chaucer's Wife of Bath: How does the introduction of the Wife of Bath compare to her self description and tale?

Ahead of Her Time <Tab/>The Wife of Bath is perhaps not an attractive woman, but she is well informed in the world of men. She has gone through a sexual revolution by herself and is not afraid to proclaim it to others. By no means does she abide by the standards set for a woman in her time. She preaches to the others about virginity and marriage, not only in …

…is what she does over and over again. She previously tells the audience that the man she loved the most was the one who beat her for tearing out a page in his book. This sounds as though she had very little power in the relationship at all. The Wife of Bath is making a point that power and love are not easy to come across together, but it is still what women most desire.