Couplets

Wife of Bath's Tale:

"And eek I preye Jesu shorte hir lyves

That wol nat be governed by hir wyves" (405-406)

The Knight's Tale:

"Allas, myn hertes quene, allas my wyf,

Myn hertes lady, endere of my liyf" (1917-1918)

The Miller's Tale:

"An housband shal nat been inquisitif

Of goddess privetee, nor of his wyf" (55-56)

The Pardoner's Tale:

"Adam our fraer, and his wyf also,

For parady's to labour and to wo" (177-178)

The four tales have different contexts in which wives are being descriped. In the Wife of Bath, a wife is powerful, in the Knight's Tale, the wife is described as a fairytale princess, in the Miller's Tale, the wife is depicted as secretive, and in the Pardoner's Tale, the wife is portrayed as sinful.