Question

At first, why is the knight in "The Wife of Bath’s Tale" not punished for his violent crime against the maiden?

Answer 1

The knight is not punished because the queen asks the king to show mercy to the knight, as shown in option C.

We can arrive at this answer because:

• The knight committed a very serious crime with a court maiden.

• This crime demanded that he be severely punished, however, the queen, enchanted by his beauty and wanting to teach him a lesson, asks the king to have mercy and allows the knight to have a chance to apologize for what he has done.

For this reason, the queen launches a challenge to the knight. She claims that if he finds out what women's greatest desire is, he will be spared his crime.

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