Themes and Characterization in Spenser’ s “ The Faerie Queene” and Chaucer’ s “ The Wife of Bath” . This paper addresses the roles played by male and female characters in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Spenser's The Faerie Queene. The female characters used in this paper are the Chaucer's "Wife of Bath" and Spenser's "Una". Pages: 4 Bibliography: 2 source(s) listed Filename: 15931 Chaucer Spenser Gender.doc Price: 35.80