In “the Wife of Bath’s Tale,” Chaucer is showing people can go from a dark man to a happy and caring man. In the story, the knight is criticized for raping a girl (Chaucer 30-38). In the text, Chaucer said, “He is in need for hope of grace he is desperate he goes and knocks on every house, searches every place, yes, anywhere that offered hope of grace”(Chaucer 65-66). In the story the knight does not care whatsoever about what he does or who he hurts as long as the knight gets what he wants. It was the day he was walking in the woods he found an old lady very kind and caring willing to help the knight out but under one condition. That they get married. He gave her the all mighty decision to decide whether to be, “old and ugly till she dies,but
