Answer: Power over their husbands
Explanation: Based on the above quote, what women in "The Wife of Bath's Tale", desire most is <u><em>power over their husbands</em></u>. This is one of the tales from "Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer. The knight who answers was condemned by the Queen to be beheaded or study women for a whole year to learn what they desire most. He is asked after the year and being his answer correct he is freed from being beheaded.
Food consumption is used as a symbol for social status in the play. The more food is consumed by a person, the higher is his social status and the more prominent people he knows. Oscar Wilde uses the play to show that excessive society.
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