Question

the interaction between the wife of bath and the friar in the wife of bath's prologue is part of chaucer's frame story. what connections can be made between this section of the prologue and the tale itself?

Answer 1

It could be stated that the connection between this two parts might be related to the role of women in the Middle Ages. In the prologue, the woman is described as being swathed in textile and "textere". this might should the connection between "cloth and "text" at that time. The wife seems to be good at "spinning a tale" she is also good at "spinning cloth".