The Wife of Bath
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The Wife of Bath is a comedic play by English dramatist John Gay, inspired by Chaucer’s famous Canterbury Tales character and exploring themes of marriage, gender, and social satire.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Wife of Bath | 3 |
| The Wife of Bath from The Canterbury Tales | 1 |
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
play
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theatrical work ⓘ |
| author | John Gay ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Wife of Bath
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The Wife of Bath from The Canterbury Tales
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| basedOnWorkBy | Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | comedic play ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
conflict between desire and duty
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female agency ⓘ marital power dynamics ⓘ satire of social norms ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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stage comedy ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
The Wife of Bath
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Wife of Bath
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| hasForm | verse and dialogue ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| intendedMedium | stage performance ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 18th-century British drama ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | adaptation of medieval literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
gender roles
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marriage ⓘ relationships between men and women ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| narrativeSourceCharacter |
The Wife of Bath
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Wife of Bath
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Referenced by (5)
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The Wife of Bath from The Canterbury Tales
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Wife of Bath
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Wife of Bath
this entity surface form:
Wife of Bath