Canterbury Tales
In Canterbury Tales, Chaucer gives a description oftwenty-nine people in a pilgrimage. Each has different personalities which we can relate to how people behave today. The wife of Bath stands out more than the other characters. In the prologue, the wife of birth is described in a way that makes one wonder how well she fits the rules made by Christian authorities regarding the behavior of a woman. According to the church, women are categorized as saints or angels. The wife of thebath is a bravewoman; she shows off her clothes woven by herself as away of showing off her talent as a weaver. Chaucer describes the wife of bath showing her physical appearance and most importantly her gap tooth which is regarded as a sign of sexuality and lust (Beidler
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The court rules that Knight should be killed, but Arthur’s queen and other ladies in the court intervene on his behalf and ask the king to give him a chance to save his life. The king agrees and gives him one year to discover what women want the most in the world. If Knight gives the correct answer his life is spared if not he dies. Knight goes out asking women what they want the most in the world but they all give him different answers. Some claim they want freedom, others money, sex others say some remarriage and all the answers confused him. The wife of the bath says some women want to be considered discreet and secretive. However, no woman can keep a secret. As his day of judgment neared, he was riding near a forest where he saw some women dancing and approached them. As he approached, the group vanished, and an ugly old woman was left. Knight promised to reward the woman if she gave him the answer to his question. The woman asked him to pledge himself to her in exchange of the answer. The Knight did not have any option as his life depended on the answer. He agreed to the woman’s demand. The two traveled to the court and in front of a large audience. The woman supplied him with the answer which was to be in charge of their husbands and lovers. The women in the crowd agreed, and his life was saved. The old hug asks the Knight to marry her, and he cries out in horror. He asks her to take all his material possession rather than his body, but she denied. The two gets married, while in bed the old hugeasks Knight why he was sad and he answers saying he could not bear the shame of having such an old ugly wife. She does not take offense, but instead, she calms him down (Desmond 120). This story shows that the woman’s most desire was to become a wife. Even at her age, she wanted to be associatedwith a man. She denied the material wealth for a
The court rules that Knight should be killed, but Arthur’s queen and other ladies in the court intervene on his behalf and ask the king to give him a chance to save his life. The king agrees and gives him one year to discover what women want the most in the world. If Knight gives the correct answer his life is spared if not he dies. Knight goes out asking women what they want the most in the world but they all give him different answers. Some claim they want freedom, others money, sex others say some remarriage and all the answers confused him. The wife of the bath says some women want to be considered discreet and secretive. However, no woman can keep a secret. As his day of judgment neared, he was riding near a forest where he saw some women dancing and approached them. As he approached, the group vanished, and an ugly old woman was left. Knight promised to reward the woman if she gave him the answer to his question. The woman asked him to pledge himself to her in exchange of the answer. The Knight did not have any option as his life depended on the answer. He agreed to the woman’s demand. The two traveled to the court and in front of a large audience. The woman supplied him with the answer which was to be in charge of their husbands and lovers. The women in the crowd agreed, and his life was saved. The old hug asks the Knight to marry her, and he cries out in horror. He asks her to take all his material possession rather than his body, but she denied. The two gets married, while in bed the old hugeasks Knight why he was sad and he answers saying he could not bear the shame of having such an old ugly wife. She does not take offense, but instead, she calms him down (Desmond 120). This story shows that the woman’s most desire was to become a wife. Even at her age, she wanted to be associatedwith a man. She denied the material wealth for a