Canterbury Tales-"The Wife of Bath’s Tale"- Plot – Flashcards
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he rapes an innocent woman
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What sin does one of King Arthur's knights commit?
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beheaded
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What punishment does King Arthur initially order for the knight's crime?
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What do women want more than anything in the world?
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What question does the queen ask the knight to correctly answer in order to spare his life?
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The knight is given a year and one day.
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How much time does the knight have to answer the queen's question?
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He got plenty of answers like love, riches, honor, clothes, pleasure, and flattery
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What specific answers does the knight receive in response to the queen's question?
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women can't keep secrets
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How does the story about Mida's hideous secret relate to this tale?
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women want to have power over their husband and have the final saying in all matter
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What answer does the old woman give to the knight?
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After she has already given the correct answer and saved his life, so he is obligated to her at this point.
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When does the knight find out what the old woman wants in exchange for the correct answer to the question?
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The old woman asks the knight to marry her in front of all the people who were at the gathering.
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What does the old woman want from the knight in exchange for her life-saving answer to the queen's question?
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The knight doesn't want to marry the wrinkly, ugly, and old lady.
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How does the knight feel about upholding his end of the deal with the old woman?
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based more on your character than your birth right
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What is the Wife of Bath's opinion about how one achieves a noble status?
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The old lady believes that poverty isn't a bad thing
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What is her opinion about poverty?
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That the knight doesn't have to worry about her cheating on him.
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What are the advantages of poverty according to the Wife of Bath?
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She gives the choice for her to be old and disgusting until the day she dies but be humble and faithful to him and never upset him or he can have her beautiful and young and take the risk that she'll cheat on him.
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What choice does the old woman give her new husband, the knight?
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He decided to let her decide which of those options will be better for him and her.
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What does the knight decide?
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He allowed his wife to be in control.
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How does the knight's decision illustrate the answer to the queen's question?
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She becomes beautiful and young.
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What happens to the old woman's appearance at the end of the tale?
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In order to have a happy marriage, a man should allow the woman to be in control and give her everything she wants.
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What is the lesson or the moral of the tale?
