Name: Garcia, Rowell S.

Subject: World literature

Course/Yr&Sec: BSCriminology 3-1 Prof. T. QUIAMBAO

SEMI-FINAL COVERAGE

ASSIGNMENT: Story analysis of Canterbury Tales

 The wife of bath’s tale

Setting Characters Plot Conclusion Theme

Exposition- A young woman is They live

During the The knight - After happily All women
raped by a knight in King Arthur's
reign of being sentenced ever after. want to be
court. The queen puts him on a
legend King to death, he had in charge of
mission to learn what ladies most
Arthur to find the their
want as a form of retribution.
solution to the husbands,
Conflict- Unable to learn what
queen's query in which is the
ladies most seek, the knight
order to regain his fundamenta
encounters a disgusting lady who
right to live. l premise of
offers to reveal the information if
"The Wife of
The queen - he agrees to satisfy her
Bath's Tale."
punishes the subsequent request.
The
knight by sending
narrative
him out in a quest Rising Action-The loathly lady
also makes
to find out what requests that the knight marry
the point
women really her.
that women
want more than
Climax-The loathly lady offers the are capable
anything else.
knight two choices: he can either of deceit
The loathly lady - have her old and ugly but faithful, and denying
informs the knight or young and beautiful but with others their
what women truly no guarantee of her fidelity. freedom of
want in exchange choice.
Falling Action-The knight answers
for marrying her
his wife by leaving the decision
When he gives her
up to her, in effect yielding
marriage power,
'maistrye.'
the old woman
transforms into a Denouement-Pleased with the
lovely young lady. knight's answer, the loathly lady
promises to be both young and
beautiful and faithful.