cation and shows that its lesson can be applied elsewhere. The Wife choosing what the knight must do to save his life is a clear representation that she herself has been unhappy or unsatisfied in her past marriages. The Wife tells that the knight has failed in his journey to seek the answer to the question that will spare his life. Once again, this piece of her story is revealing how the Wife's past husbands have failed in their quest to please her. The Wife then tells that on the day that the knight must return home, he sees a group of fairies in the forest. When he approaches the dancers, they disappear and leave behind an ugly old woman. The ugly old woman in this case possibly represents how the Wife views herself as age has begun to take its toll. The knight's youth is also a possible a representation of the youth of the Wife's last husband who was much her junior as was told in the text of her prologue. In the tale, the old woman offers to help the knight by providing the answer to his question only if he ma

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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)