The Love In The Wife Of Bath's Tale
For this assignment, I had to read the Wife of Bath, this story was a very powerful short story written from the perspective of a knight. The Knight was riding his horse all alone when he came across a virgin by the river and raped her. The king found out about this incident and wanted to kill the knight. The queen gave the knight 12 months and 1 day to find out what women desired the most. The knight went from town to town asking women what they desire most, but he could not find the answer that he was looking for. It seemed as every woman had a different answer, some wanted clothes, some wanted money, and others wanted protection. He just couldn’t find the answer that the strict queen had asked him to find. The answer was so difficult
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As he approached them, they faded into one old woman. So then he asked her, “What is it that women most desire.” and she said, “If I tell you, you have to do whatever I ask.” The knight was so happy that he didn’t care that the deal was going to be inscrutable, so he just said “Yes, I’ll do whatever you ask”. The day came when he had told the queen what women desired most and he brought the old woman along with him. Once the queen asked him “What is it woman most desire.” he replied, “Women wish to have power.” The queen said that no woman could disagree, peasant or queen they both want power. The queen spared the knights life, but now he must do what the old lady wants him to do. The old lady said she wants him to marry her and take her to bed, the knight wanted to detest her at that moment because he thought it was crazy that she wanted him to marry her. He had to keep his word, so he married her. Later that night they were in bed and the old lady gave him a proposal, she said, “You can choose to have me be old like I am, but very loyal, or very beautiful and disloyal.” The Knight did not know what to choose. He was so torn with this decision so he said, “I give you the power to choose for me.” Since he gave the old lady the one thing that women desire
As he approached them, they faded into one old woman. So then he asked her, “What is it that women most desire.” and she said, “If I tell you, you have to do whatever I ask.” The knight was so happy that he didn’t care that the deal was going to be inscrutable, so he just said “Yes, I’ll do whatever you ask”. The day came when he had told the queen what women desired most and he brought the old woman along with him. Once the queen asked him “What is it woman most desire.” he replied, “Women wish to have power.” The queen said that no woman could disagree, peasant or queen they both want power. The queen spared the knights life, but now he must do what the old lady wants him to do. The old lady said she wants him to marry her and take her to bed, the knight wanted to detest her at that moment because he thought it was crazy that she wanted him to marry her. He had to keep his word, so he married her. Later that night they were in bed and the old lady gave him a proposal, she said, “You can choose to have me be old like I am, but very loyal, or very beautiful and disloyal.” The Knight did not know what to choose. He was so torn with this decision so he said, “I give you the power to choose for me.” Since he gave the old lady the one thing that women desire