This story alludes to the tale of Midas, but withholds the ending, telling the reader that he should read Ovid. One character encounters a group of women dancing, who vanish and turn into an old hag. That character is asked whether noble character can be hereditary, and this
This story alludes to the tale of Midas, but withholds the ending, telling the reader that he should read Ovid. One character encounters a group of women dancing, who vanish and turn into an old hag. That character is asked whether noble character can be hereditary, and this story concludes with a plea that all men be given wives who outlive their husbands. A knight is sent on a quest by the queen after raping a young woman, and he agrees to marry an old hag when she saves him from decapitation. The hag then turns into a beautiful princess in, For 10 points, what story found in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales that claims that what women desire most is power?
This story alludes to the tale of Midas, but withholds the ending, telling the reader that he should read Ovid.