The Wife Of Bath's Tale Differences Between Men And Women

The physical differences between men and women were the cause of hundreds of years of one sided power. Only in the last hundred years have women finally started to gain equal rights to men. In some countries women are still to this day considered inferior to men. Men and women are very different, and without having an open viewpoint both genders have trouble understanding the other. In “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” there was a lusty knight who made the wrongful decision of raping a poor young woman. The king of the land wanted to execute the man, but the queen convinced him to give the case to her. The queen gave the knight a way out, if he could come back to her in a year and tell her what women desire the most, she would let him live. The knight searched and searched and could not find two of the same answers. One day, after giving up and accepting his fate he came upon an old woman. The old woman made him a deal, she would give him the answer if he would do anything that she required afterwards. The knight went to the queen and told her that all women want are to be equal to their
He was smaller than most and was a kind hearted man. He was not oblivious to the stealing going on in his shop, he just did not seem to care. What Mallam Sile wanted most was a woman whom he could love. He went on a trip and came back with a giant woman, who without telling Mallam took it upon herself to take care of one of his debtors. Mallam may have been curious as to why the debtor finally paid his debts, but because of his kind hearted nature, and refusal to believe his wife could do such a thing prevented him from seeing the truth. In a way Mallam Sile is treated like a woman in this story. He is taken advantage of because he is smaller in size. While his wife is now respected because of her larger stature, like that of a