The Canterbury Tales contain dozens of characters whose tales are told from several points of view. The wife of bath love sex and the power she gains from it. The knight represents the ideal of a medieval Christian man-at-arms.
She has traveled all over the world, Canterbury is on another perilous journey she has endured. She has lived with five husbands and has seen many lands. She has seen the world and experience the world, that is love and sex. Although the wife of bath is argumentative and enjoys talking, she is more intelligent in a common sense, than intellectual way. Through her experiences with her past husbands, she learned how to give herself the world where the women had independence and power. She has gained control over her husbands and has been in control over her body. The Wife used her body as a bargaining tool, withholding sexual pleasure until her husbands give her what she demands.
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In the Prologue, he calls out to hear anything more lighthearted, saying it deeply upsets him to hear stories about tragic tales. He would rather hear about men who start off in poverty climbing in fortune and wealth. At the end of the Pardoner’s Tale, the Knight breaks in to stop the fighting between the Host and the Pardoner and ordering them to kiss and make up. Ironically, though a soldier, the romantic, idealistic Knight has clearly been an aversion to conflict or unhappiness of any