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Examples Of Justice In The Wife's Tale

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Justice in “The Wife’s Tale” In today’s society if there was no justice, many unfair cases would take place. Justice was created to prevent people from getting away with crimes. Unfortunately, sometimes justice is not served. Justice was not served in “The Wife’s Tale” because punishment was not adequate, marriage came about, and a reward was earned. Punishment was not adequate in “The Wife’s Tale” when the knight committed the crime of raping an innocent woman. As the text states “That he condemned the night to lose his head by course of law” (Chaucer 139). Although this was not the punishment he received. Next he was told to answer the question what is the thing women most desire? As stated in the text “Queen Guinevere tells him to go travel
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