I really enjoyed this unit. It was really humorous and entertaining. My favorite story in this unit was the story of the The Wife of Bath's Tale: The Unknown Bride.This story was about a knight who did not live up to his duties, which was to protect all women and treat them respectfully. The initial punishment for this crime was death but the Queen pitied and instead gave him a less severe punishment. His punishment was to find out what women most desired. If he failed at this task he was to be put to death. He frantically wandered around asking every woman he came upon what they most desired. Each woman gave him a different answer. No one agreed with another's answer. Eventually he came upon an elderly woman. The knight asked the elderly woman the same question he had been asking to the other women and the elderly woman replied that she had the answer but would only give it to him in return for something. The knight must promise to marry her. The knight wanting to avoid death agreed to this. The knight journeyed back to the Queen and told her what the elderly woman told him. The one thing that women most desire is to rule over their husbands. The Queen was satisfied with this answer and let him go. The knight kept his promise to the elderly woman and married her even though he was not attracted to her. Eventually though elderly woman transformed into her true self -- a beautiful young woman. The knight fell in love with her and they both lived happily with each other's company.
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