Male domination in the Middle Ages is unethical, irrational and dangerous; women have few rights and the possibility of acquiring rights is non-existent. The precepts of domination are formed by the internal combination of man's personal desire and religious interference. In Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, the combined perspectives of a haughty, forgiving, non-submissive woman constitute the bastion of moral role separation. The moral roles between men and women are illustrated in the ranking of the religious hierarchy: men are at the top and women at the bottom. Even prestigious women, those with noble ties, are submissive to men, but contradictorily have religious affiliations. The “Tale of the Wife of Bath” is a perfect example of challenging male domination and the “Tale of Forgiveness” is a problematic reasoning as to why selfishness is also linked to manipulation. However, the frailties of religious reasoning will cause the Pardoner and the Wife of Bath to separate from the morality of society. The image of the woman in the Wife of Bath's prologue is described by Chaucer as "barley wheat" in a coveted city and civilization. for whole white wheat or virginity (Chaucer 1711). The woman has married many men and in doing so has forgotten the true value of the Christian faith and now believes that the influence of the world can take over the scriptures of the Bible: "can you show in clear terms that God Almighty has forbidden us marriage? Or where did he ordain virginity? (Chaucer 1709). Jackie Shead analyzes the prologue and states: "It begins with the manipulation of authoritative texts - a preemptive attack to justify the wife's marital history and her single-minded quest for self-satisfaction" (Shead). The possibility of B's ​​wife...... middle of paper ......us 75.1 (January 1991): 150-159. Rep. in poetic criticism. Ed. Lawrence J. Trudeau. Flight. 58. Detroit: Gale, 2005. Information Resource Center. Internet. February 25, 2011. Shead, Jackie. "'The Wife of Bath's Tale' as Self-Revelation: Jackie Shead explains how The Wife's Tale perpetuates the image we have acquired of her from her prologue." The English Review February 2010: 35 +. General OneFile. Internet. February 24, 2011. Toswell, MJ “Chaucer's Pardoner, Chaucer's World, Chaucer's Style: Three Approaches to Medieval Literature.” » Collegiate Literature 28.3 (2001): 155. Literary Resource Center. Internet. February 25, 2011. Williams, David. "Redeemed Language: 'The Tale of Forgiveness'." “The Canterbury Tales”: A literary pilgrimage. Twayne Publishers, 1987. 53-100. Rep. in poetry for students. Ed. Anne-Marie Hacht. Flight. 14. Detroit: Gale Group, 2002. Information Resource Center. Internet. February 25. 2011.