1. Cite some variations in the Loathly Lady fabula across the three tales in your Reader. Focus on the conditions by which the lady is either beautiful or ugly and the actions of the knight/king/"hero"...
This is just my understanding of the tale and what my perspective is, people have a different perspective on it, then fine by me but just want to state before reading it- this is my personal definition and my understanding.
To explore the Loathy Lady's tale, I will explain and focus on two principal characters that were introduced in the wife's bath tale and explain the ideas from my perspective.
In the wife's tale, the knight is described as a “chivalrie” (prowess), “trouthe” (fidelity), character which he also holds some ideologies like “honour” (reputation), “fredom” (generosity), and “curteisie” (refinement) (Chaucer, 1387 and 1400, Pg, 45-46). From my perspective, the dominant male values what a Man should do in the first century times. SparkNotes Editors (2003) summaries Chaucer (1387 and 1400) tale of the Wife of the baths by the knight is a "young and lusty" man which he rapes a young maiden because of her beauty. The Authur's queen gives him the challenge to spare his life, and so he does. He meets an old woman, the loathly lady, which Chaucer ( 1387 and 1400) describes her as "here can no man imagine an uglier creature" (pg.999). The knight takes the old lady to court and expresses, “My lady, generally speaking, women want to have power over their husbands and boyfriends and to have the final say in all matters." ( Chaucer, pg.7). To a simple answer, the old lady saves the knight but for an exchange of him marrying her, but the knight refuses. But despite that, the knight marries her and tell her that, "You decide which of these options will be better for yourself and for me" (pg. 13) says the knight. After many conversations, the knight's choice was granted "young and faithful" wife as the Chaucer (1387-1400) states in the name of Jesus that, "Jesus Christ, let us women marry husbands who are humble and young and good in bed. And let us women be fortunate enough to outlive our husbands too."
Through time, I believe as young as we are, we are still growing and still finding ourselves as who we are, and that's what the knight is shown. The old lady aka the Loathy lady is described as an "ugly and old women" which in my perspective is a wise woman which she has seen and watched other women grow up as to find love and what actions did they went through to find love. Whereas Chaucer showed perspectives of Jesus's tale how he used to live with poor and where women and men are his children. Which to the end, the knight realises his mistake of whether having a young and beautiful woman who will cheat him and seduces other men over an old and poor girl, who won't leave him. He tells the wife to make her own decision, and he will live with it for the rest of his life. From my understanding, Chaucer (1387-1400) he describes the women "ugly" but the real reason he calls her "ugly" because of society which makes her sound old and the beautiful women seek for "women love money the most. Others, honour. Some said happiness and laughter, and others claimed women like nice clothes and fine jewellery. Some said women want good sex, and others said women want to be able to marry multiple times." which clearly states that those women are ugly.
SparkNotes Editors. (2003). SparkNote on The Canterbury Tales. Retrieved May 21, 2019, from http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/canterbury/
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