Week 13, Reading Notes: Canterbury Tales, Reading A
This week I decided to read the Canterbury Tales. I was very fascinated by the Unknown Bride. It initially begins with a man who commits a crime that could lead to his death. I would change up the crime and make it more fascinating and stupid. He should die for the crime, but the Queen is like I will give you a task. If you finish the task, then you will be pardoned from your crime. The task is to find what every woman wants. He goes everywhere to find the answer. They all say different things, so he is thoroughly confused. He gives up almost. He sees a poor old lady. She says she knows the answers. However, she needs a request if it is right. He accepts this because he has no other option. He goes to the queen and says that every woman wants to rule over their husband. Everyone agreed, so his life was saved. Now, the poor old lady wants her request which is for the man to marry her. He is like what on Earth because she is old and poor. He doesn't like that. He stays true to his word and marries her. She starts to explain herself and her ideology to him. Suddenly, he does not see her as this old and poor woman. He sees her as beautiful, and he is happy with his life. I would want to keep this happy ending constant. I would make it be gender flipped though. I would make the answer to what every man be something humorous and try not to make it offensive. I would say that the true answer is that every man wants a puppy. The woman could go to every man, and they say something different like they want to play video games or to watch football.
Bibliography: The Chaucer Story Book by Evan Tappan
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