THE WIFE OF BATH'S TALE
THE WIFE OF BATH'S TALE
THE WIFE OF BATH'S TALE
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Added: Oct 11, 2024
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[Music]hello this is the wife of bath tale and the main characters are the Knight who raps a young Maiden The hag who supplies the right answer to the Knight the queen who asks the night to find out what women deserve most in the world the wife bath begins her tale with a knight who rapes a young Maiden in the reign of the King Arthur the quot is shocked by such crime and decrees that the Knight should be beheaded.
but intervening the queen she and her cat suggest that the Knight should be given a chance to save his life the king readily agrees with his wife then the queen turns to the night and asks him if he finds out what women desire most in the world his life will be that the Knight leaves the court and roams about the country, he asks the question every woman he meets but all in vain some say a woman likes wealth some say honor some
jolliness and so on and the answers only saddened the night on the faithful day as he returns to the court he comes across a group of ladies in a forest who are dancing the Knight decides to ask the question to them as he approach the group of ladies vanish and there appears an old ugly woman the woman asks the Knight if she can be helpful to him but the woman also wants his favor in return and she will ask for it after the court SP his life both the woman and the Knight promised to help each other and leave for
the court before the Queen the Knight answers what the old woman has already told him that women desire sovereignty over their husbands after hearing the answer the queen Spar the life of the Knight then the old ugly woman in the court asks the Knight to marry her the Knight cries and refuses to accept her as his wife the Knight offers his possessions instead of his body but the woman is determined to marry him at last the Knight unwillingly agrees to marry the ug ly hag at night the ugly hag asks the Knight the reason behind
his Sadness theKnight replies that he does not deservesuch an ugly woman as his wife the uglyhack tells him either he can choose abeautiful and young lady but unfaithfulto her husband or an ugly creature likeher but faithful to herhusband the Knight broes over it andresponds that it is up to her to decidehis fate as a knight looks looks againat the woman he finds a young andbeautifulwoman the T suggests the control thewomen should have with their husbands itcomes into light when the King Authorreadily accepts the Deion of his wifeeven the night at the end of the tailleaves up to the ugly woman to decidehisfate the tail is also concerned witheducating the Knight about women thatwhy the queen asks the Knight to findout what women desiremost the tale also makes it clear thatgentility cannot be inherited truegoodness Li in one's character thoughthe Knight belongs to the nobility hefalls from his virtues and rapes a youngmen