The Canterbury Tales - Wife of Bath“The prologue to The Canterbury Tales” had numerous unique characters, but the Wife of Bath struck me as the most interesting personality. Through the narrator's use of direct and indirect characterization, significant details, and motivations for actions, I was able to analyze the distinctive traits of the "worthy woman beside the city of Bath." The narrator was very successful in portraying his wife. His wife's wealth was considerable. “His stockings of the best scarlet” show the luck he possesses. His wife was also fortunate enough to travel to the most important sanctuaries in Italy, France, Spain and Germany. The narrator described his appearance well. “Her face was bold, beautiful, and red in color” allows the reader to imagine the wife as an attractive woman of her time. The middle-aged woman had impressive wide hips and “gaped teeth” that expressed lust. His portly figure was a very favorable aspect of the time; it indicated wealth and beauty. “She had had five husbands, all at the door of the Church” allows the reader to understand a lot about the wife. Having five husbands shows that she is sociable and interested in love and marriage. Her marital experiences allow her to be very expert in love, which is "an art in which she knew the most ancient dances". “…All at the doors of the Church” demonstrates his devotion to tradition and his faith. Her dedication to the Catholic Church and the prohibitive ecclesiastical rules of the time allow the reader to infer that she did not divorce her husbands. Therefore, all of her husbands are dead, which allows us to conclude that she may have married older men. This wealthy world traveler, on a pilgrimage to Canterbury, is not motivated by her faith as she travels on this mediocre journey..