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I can’t believe the nerve of that Clerk! His tale was by far the most unbearable of all the tales I’ve heard of so far. Of course everyone did ask him to tell a tale of adventure instead of a moralistic sermon like the Man of Law implied with his tale, which is also one of the silliest tales I’ve ever heard. That’s what happens when you have a clerk tell you an adventurous tale—it always contains morals, especially for women, to have patience and be virtuous. Why is it that women can never be free of the rules that men put upon women and why do women readily agree with these rules and not break free from them?
Why is it that the Clerk can’t change the tale a little, make Griselde stand up for herself and demand that her children should not be taken away from her. I, the Wife of Bath, might have even switched my tale around to make it more suitable for the audience. After all, who wants the knight to lose a woman in the tale if she’s ugly? So, I thought I’d make it seem like the knight triumphed in the end instead of the woman that he finds. It’s the battle between a beautiful and ugly woman who are both faithful.
Men, like Walter in the Clerk’s tale, can think that they are in control, but it’s really the women who control them. After all, how can there be men without women? After being in control of a man, I would never end up obeying him like Griselde does—no matter how much he loves me or not. Children would also get in the way of my plans. How could you control the father of your children? It’s possible, yes, but I don’t think it’s done.
The moral of my little rant is that all things don’t come to you if you’re a sweet, patient, and virtuous maiden. You have to act like a man, fight like a man, to get what you want in this life. That’s the only way to become confident with who you are, and who you married.
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