Summary:
- The story starts off with the women explaining how the Bible says that having more than one spouse is bad but as she progress with telling the story she begins to justify why she has had so many spouses and that people in the Bible people such as Abraham and Jacob had more than one spouse. She thinks that if her husbands die she can marry again and its okay and that she can marry many men. She then goes on to talk about virginity and that its sacred but pointless because God intended men and women to be together so why keep it just for marriage.
Chaucer's purpose in telling this story is to show a different perspective that the world hasn't seen before. This story is scandalous and that's exactly why he told this story. He was giving a voice to a women who otherwise would never have her story told. She is able to explain her point of view and why she does the things she does.
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