1. Wife of Bath’s Tale
Holy friars have changed the world and kicked out the elves and fairies of Arthur’s
time
A knight found a woman walking alone and forced himself on her
Queen Guinevere took over his case instead of directly putting him to death
The Queen gave him a year to find out the answer to the Queen’s question “What do
women want?”
The knight searched around and asked many women and got many answers
He comes across an old woman who knows the answer- she says she will give him
the answer if he does what she says
He agrees and tells the queen that women want power and equality in a relationship
The knight saved his life with the answer and the old woman claims the knight as
her husband
The knight is very upset and the old woman says he is not a gentlemen and money is
not everything
The old woman tell him that she’ll set things right: he can choose her to be old and
ugly and faithful or young and beautiful and flirtatious
He lets her choose and she turns into a young, beautiful and faithful and they live
happily ever after