"The Wife of Bath's Tale"

I thought this story was a little different than others we have read.  The text was obviously different, it was extremely difficult to read but it wasn’t impossible.  The idea of The wife of bath’s tale was based on power and women.  I thought although, disgusting and awful, the rape part of the story was different and a little twists.  The whole concept of the story was interesting and I really enjoyed reading it minus the Middle English text. 

Not killing the knight and giving him a chance to hear what women have to say was awesome.  Don’t get me wrong, rape is awful and disgusting but in terms of the story, I thought having him go out and find an answer for the Queen was amusing.  I thought her challenge was great too, being a woman, I kind of read that and thought to myself…what do I want most in the world?

It was cool that the queen and the women in the court all had a say in this knight’s life or death.   And then before he even gives his answer to the queen, he puts his life in the hands of a strange old woman.  Like first you are powerful and raping a woman, and then you have this power taken away and it changes you.  This story taught me that power can be a harmful thing to have.  And in this case, the women have the power.

I really liked the end, it was kind of cute, the Knight is given a choice and because his choice he got the best of both worlds! 

I really wish I could be like this old woman and have all the right answers and change whatever I want about myself.  Not only did she tell this knight the right answer, she got him to promise himself to her, and she got to turn herself into a young pretty woman with good qualities.  She seems like the kinda old woman I want to be when I grow up!

         Overall,  I thought this was one of the more interesting stories we have read, probably because it was a little different plot wise.  Rape is bad, and knights shouldn’t do it, and women deserve all the power J  So this story has all the right ideas.  If I were a woman in that court however, I probably would have had the knight killed, but no big deal, the queen clearly taught the knight better values.