wards the his wife while they are in bed so the wife gives him a choose, weather to be with a old ugly lady who will be faithful to him, or a young beautiful wife and take a chance on her virtue (Howard, 143). She then lectures him about true gentility, old age, poverty, and beauty to make him think what he really wants. She tells him if he wants her young and beautiful he can take his adventure or chance with her. He was not able to make up his mind so he tells her that she can decide for him. He Quotes “ This Knight pondered and sighed wretchedly, but at last he spoke in this manner, “My lady and my love and wife so dear, I place myself under management; choose yourself whichever may bring you most pleasure and most honor to you as well as me. I make no choice of either of the two for whichever pleases you satisfies me ( Hopper 146-147) .” When the knight decided to say that is when she won master over him and sovereignty. She then transforms into a beautiful young lady and they live haply ever after. Her tale perfectly express her life long ideal of love between man & wife between her husbands and her, at least combined with female domination (Howard, 143). The Wife’s of Baths tales and prologue come to a conclusion that in order to have a wonderful marriage her wife must have or win mastery over her husbands and or lovers. In Chaucer’s other story “Franklin’s tale” is also a story about marriage. However it is a different aspect of ideal marriage from the Wife’s of Bath’s Tale. In this tale the ideal marriage is based on the husband, how he promises not to assert sovereignty over his wife, which means he will met his wife be free and unquestioned, also never will he become jealous and always be understanding (Rowland 278 ). “This tale is a tale in praise of gentilesse highest conception of chivalric honor the keeping of one’s word at whatever person...
