The Wife of Bath is trying to teach a lesson that even she has not learned. The knight thought that he could be in control of all women by raping a girl. She has been married five different times, while her last husband was the one she enjoyed the most. She enjoyed him more because he abused her and gave her a taste of her own medicine. She liked having someone that was just like her. She tries to show the knight that men depend on women more than he thinks. She showed him that in order to save his life he had to go ask a women what they desire the most in men. He was to choose if he wanted an ugly woman while she is faithful, or a beautiful women while being unfaithful. His reward was that because he told the women to do what she wants,
