a. the characters in her tale reflect her own life.
Explanation:
The Wife of Bath is a very unusual character considering her time period. In her prologue, we learn about her life and her past, and we see that the tale she tells is based on her own experiences. The Wife of Bath was always interested in gaining the upper hand in a marriage because she believes that the best thing a woman can have is sovereignty and authority over herself. She was openly sexual with many men, married several times, and eventually married a man half her age. All of these events are reflected in the tale, in which the knight had to marry a much older woman, and the female characters in the story desire power over their husbands more than anything else.
