Question

In “the wife of bath’s tale,” the knight does not want to marry the old woman and shows her disrespect because she is poor and ill-bred. According to the old woman, what is real gentility?

Answer 1

In "The wife of bath´s" tale, the old woman thinks that real gentility is to support one another, to help him/her, to be faithful and most important, to let the other person have the will to choose by himself or herself.

Answer 2

According to the old woman the gentility is not and inherited aspect in a person, it is not implied in the lineage or according to the economic position, instead, the social superiority that is demonstrated by genteel manners and behaviors is a gift from god and a moral goodness.