The Wife of Bath's Tale is considered by some critics to indicate that Chaucer may have been a feminist. Why might they believe this? Do you agree? Remember to cite evidence from the text or some other source. This is a complex question to answer because of the Narrative structure in which each story is framed . Who do you believe as t here are frames within frames and Chaucer the narrator should be kept separate from Chaucer the author. I don’t believe Chaucer was a feminist however he was sympathetic to the plight of women publishing the “Legend of Good Women” to give a more literary balanced view of women prior to his “The Canterbury Tales.” He employs a satirical agenda in the hope of reform to challenge the norms of society that men rule the world and women do as they are told . Chaucer questions the church and patriarchy being th e natural order of things that has God at the top followed by Men and then Women un...