Question

Lines 211-216 What universal idea does the knights answer relate to

Answer 1

Answer:

The universal idea depicted in the Knight's answer is that women desire to be enabled to think for themselves.

Explanation:

"The Wife of Bath's Tale" is one of the twenty-four collective tales written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the Medieval Period.

The tale tells the story of a lusty young Knight and his quest to seek an answer which will save his life from punishment for his crime. When he comes back to the queen, he answers that the woman desires most to be sovereign over her husband. The answer reveals the universal idea that women desire to be able to think for themselves. They do not desire to be under the subjection of their husband and do whatever their husband wants them to do.