"The Wife of Bath Tale"

Friday, July 22, 2011

"The Wife of Bath Tale"



In this tale, the Knight forced the girl that's why he will face the punishment, but the Queen let him go and she gave 1 question and one year to find the answer, and if he do not know the answer, he will die.
He try to find the answer the difficult question.Some of the answer is they want more money, some honor, some looks, etc.....when he  come back to the castle, he saw a group of woman and he ask them to answer the question but they all disappear and he only saw an ugly old woman and she looks like a witch.

The ugly old woman said that she knows the answer to that question, but there are so many consequences to be expected after that.He will marry the old woman if the question be answered. They both travel to the court.When they were in the court, the Knight tell the answer to the Queen and the large audience hear that answer and the answer of the Queen is the same and his life has been  saved.But the promise of the Knight failed because he does not like that ugly woman.And the ugly woman offered options to the knight : either he can have her be ugly but loyal and good, or he can have her young and fair but also coquettish and unfaithful.the Knight replies to the old woman that she will be the one to choose whatever she wanted and the ugly woman become beautiful and good. and they live happily ever after....




MORAL VALUES:
the moral values/lessons here is... people must respect  an individual.we must not look to the physical outlook of a person..we should also know first the inner beauty of each individual...