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The Old Woman In The Wife Of Bath's Tale

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Chaucer uses the old woman from The Wife of Bath’s Tale the same way he used The Wife of Bath and The Queen. The old woman is being characterized as powerful. The Old Woman had control over The Knight’s, from The Wife of Bath’s tale, fate and she also had control over her relationship with The Knight. The old woman was the only person who could save The Knight from the wrath of The Queen, because she was the only one who knew how to answer the proposed question, which was “What is the thing that women most desire”. If it had not have been for the Old woman The Knight would not have obtained the correct answer, and in return the Old Woman forced The Knight to marry her as she made him “swear to do whatever”(135). The old woman ultimately had
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