In both stories leadership play a big part. In the Wife of Bath’s tale the young knight had no choice but to give the old lady the upper hand. This changed everything however at the time women is never on the upper hand. Also in the Pardoner’s tale the three friends planned ahead to kill each other to keep the money to themselves which is going to give them power.
In both tales the main characters are searching for something. In the Wife of bath’s tale the knight is trying to find the answer to the