The knight undertakes a quest to learn what it is that women want most.

The knight’s quest is a task given to him by the queen

Before he sees the old woman in the woods, the knight sees more than twenty-four ladies dancing

According to the old woman, what women really want is mastery over their husbands

As a reward for giving him the answer that will save his life, the old woman wants to marry the knight

The knight shows that he has learned what women want most when he asks his wife to decide which form she will take

The old woman makes an eloquent philosophical argument about true and false gentility and virtue

The Wife of Bath’s philosophy of marriage shows that she is a strong person with a keen sense of her own rights

Chaucer’s characterizations of the Prioress, the Monk, and others connected with the church are mainly satirical.

Who narrates the tale about the knight and the old woman? The Wife Of Bath.

The narrator of a story should not be confused with the author.

This adjective does not describe the Wife of Bath’s narrative voice? Mournful.

The quote from “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” is a couplet- “His heart went bathing in a bath of blesses / And melted in a hundred thousand kisses...”

The Wife of Bath’s opinions suggest that she may is not described as being modest.

Study the following vocabulary words: - Pestilence. - Contemptuous. - Prowess. - Reprove. - Concede.

 What is Chaucer’s view of life through the Wife of Bath tale?  Compare and contrast Chaucer’s view with the view of Wife of Baths view of life.