The Ideal of MarriageIn today's society, most marriages have different perspectives from an ideal marriage. Some married couples are completely faithful, honest and respectful to each other, which means that the wife and husband are together and living happily in their married life. Other married couples may have a tendency to cheat on each other and disrespect each other, which means married couples are not together. or are separated maybe there is an opinion on the ideal marriage. In medieval times, Chaucer wrote the ideal of marriage to his audiences in his stories. In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, he explains the medieval way of an ideal marriage. In "The Tale of the Wife and the Bath" and "The Tale of Franklin" he suggests his own opinion on what an ideal marriage should be. In "The Wife's of Bath's Tale", it is suggested that an ideal marriage should be for the wife to be completely in control of her husband. In "The Franklin's Tale", an ideal marriage is for the husband and wife to be faithful and honest to each other. These two tales suggest two different aspects of an ideal marriage. In Chaucer's tale "The Tale of the Bathing Woman" is a story about what the ideal marriage should be. In this tale, the woman explains how she sees what an ideal marriage should be. A woman's view of marriage is to be in control and to dominate the marriage. In other words, let the woman run the show, she wears the pants in the hole in the house and what she says is respected. In her prologue, she explains her beliefs and actions towards her many husbands. His behavior may seem spectacular, but his needs and aspirations are difficult to explain. She likes men and doesn't like sleeping alone (Chaucer 2). The woman felt the need to be loved and to be in control no matter what. During his four marriages... middle of paper ... he will be his lady. She must go to her husband and confirm what she did and he told her that she gave her word, she must keep it, but she must not tell anyone. She then returns to Aurlius and tells him that yes, he is overwhelmed by Arveragus' generous behavior. He frees Dorigen from his pact. She then turns to her husband and they live happily ever after. In this tale, the idea that you must choose your own destiny. This true love must be chosen. She also states that if you have choices, you have consequences that come from them. Compared to the Tale of the Woman of the Baths, the woman was more faithful and honest. The moral of the story was be faithful and honest to each other and you will have a wonderful marriage. So, in conclusion, the two tales "The Wife of Bath's Tale" and "Franklin's Tale" focused on the ideal of marriage in two different ways..