Chaucer challenges some of the men in the story by putting them in a position where they have no control. For example, when the knight has to answer to the king after raping the maiden, the king wants to sentence him to death, but his wife pleads with her husband for clemency with the knight, thus leading her to take control of the situation. Furthermore, when the knight marries the old woman, she asks him what kind of wife he prefers to have, his answer allows her to control the outcome of events. By letting women take control in this story, men are giving up their power and giving it over to their wives. This exemplifies an effective use of satire because in medieval England women were not the ideal person to have control or power whatsoever. “The Wife of Bath's Tale” emphasizes that, although women are not originally in a position of high power, they are capable of using their physical appearance to control their husbands both sexually and emotionally. Above all "The Wife of Bath's Tale" is a well-crafted tale that is the perfect representation of how women in medieval England are not usually in a high position of power but can still have the ability to control the lives of not only themselves . but their husbands like