Events
The task from the Queen to the knight
Find out what women desire most
Would grant the knight his life if her found what women desired most
The Queen
Number of times the Wife of Bath has been married
five
code that Knights must follow
code of Chivalry
Author of Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
The knight sees this in the woods
24 dancing ladies
The knight made a promise to their hand in marriage
The old woman
Reason Wife tormented her first three husbands
To get them to become compliant and willingly give her money and other things she wanted
Why was it important her "he never touched the coast"
He did not run way
The plague during this time period
Bubonic Plague
What the knight learned about woman's desires
Freedom ,wealth, pleasure ,thought to be wise
His 2 donkey ear were his biggest secret
Midas
What the fifth husband did to her
Beat her often
why does he agree to marry the old woman
She promised she knows the secret to what all woman want
The amount of time given to the knight to find the answer
a year and one day
The knights reaction to the old woman's proposal
He felt he had no choice but to marry her
Whispered a secret to the water
Midas' Wife
What the wife says abut women
That they desire what is forbidden and run away from things pursuing them or forced upon them
after the knight and the old woman are married, the old woman gives him two choices
Old faithful wife or young wife who is unfaithful
Genre of Canterbury Tales
Satire
How does the knight make a final decision with the old woman
He lets the woman decide
The king at the time of the story
King Arthur
Name of wife of Bath
Alison/Alice
Chaucer describes the knight as these things
A gentleman ,loved Chivalry, Honest and wise
Shows that the knight learned his lesson of what women really want
Letting his wife make decision for him