Similarities Between The Wife Of Bath's Tale And The Pardoners Tale

In a second comparison, the Pardoner’s tale and Wife of Bath’s tale explained what the character’s were searching for based on the teller’s experiences and their knowledge, desiring money and sovereignty.[TS2-Comparison]. In the Wife of Bath’s tale, she talks about a knight that was to be executed, but was given the option to find what women desire most in exchange for his life; the knight explains that it is power over their husbands.[CE3]. [“My liege lady, over all this world” he said, “women wish to have sovereignty as well over her husband as her love, and to have mastery over him.]...[“Then I have the mastery over you,” she said, “since I may choose and govern as I wish.” “Yes, surely, wife,” he said; “I believe that is for the best.”][E3].
He gave the choice, therefore giving her the power over him; this is what the Wife of Bath wanted, she wanted her husband to just obey her like this knight did to his wife.[R3]. In the Pardoner’s tale, there are three drunk men who have been told that Death, figuratively, has taken an entire village, they encounter and old men who directs them to “Death,” so they decide to seek him out, and on this adventure they find a large amount of gold and decide to keep it for themselves. [CE4]. “And each of these revelers ran until he came to that tree, and there they found nearly eight bushels, as it seemed to them, of florins coined of fine round gold.