A knight was sentenced to death by Queen Guinevere for forcing himself upon a woman, but was given a one year reprieve to discover what women truly want. After asking many women to no avail, an old woman told the knight she knew the answer if he did as she instructed. She revealed that women want power and equality in relationships. As reward for answering correctly, the old woman transformed into a young, beautiful, and faithful wife for the knight, with whom he lived happily.

1. Wife of Bath’s Tale Holy friars have changed the world a kicked out the elves and fairies of Arthur’s time A knight found a woman walking alone and forced himself on her Queen Guinevere took over his case instead of directly putting him to death The Queen gave him a year to find out the answer to the Queen’s question “What do women want?” The knight searched around and asked many women and got many answers He comes across an old woman who knows the answer- she says she will give him the answer if he does what she says He agrees and tells the queen that women want power and equality in a relationship The knight saved his life with the answer and the old woman claims the knight as her husband The knight is very upset and the old woman says he is not a gentlemen and money is not everything The old woman tell him that she’ll set things right: he can choose her to be old and ugly and faithful or young and beautiful and flirtatious He lets her choose and she turns into a young, beautiful and faithful and they live happily ever after