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"The Wife of the Bath's Tale" is the most affecting piece of literature studied this semester. The ranges of emotions displayed by the story's characters are a function of Chaucer's personal feelings. The reason the literature has been so affecting is because of the character development, and emotional differences from one character to the next. In the "Wife of the Bath's Tale" there are a great deal of emotions experienced by its author Geoffrey Chaucer, …

…tale Chaucer is able to express his emotions. Furthermore Chaucer is attempting to reproduce his emotions in his audience. This paper will provide some possibilities as to why Chaucer experienced the emotions he did, expressed through his writing. One of the main sources of knowledge Chaucer encountered came from the first woman he knew, his mother. Through careful investigation it is apparent that many emotions experienced by Chaucer were in part due to his mother.