Does the knight gain understanding of women over the course of the story, or is he essentially the same as he was at the beginning?

The Knight seemed to gained understanding of women by the end of the story for he learned to trust his wife's judgement and thus get himself not only a beautiful wife but also a faithful one.  

Explanation:

Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" is a collection of tales told by the pilgrims on their way to Canterbury. One of these included "The Wife of Bath's Tale". This Wife of Bath's tale tells the story of how men in general were sent to women as husbands to obey and submit to their wives.

The young but lusty knight in the tale had been found guilty of ra pe and was tasked with searching for an answer of what women want the most in the world. When he met the old and ugly woman, he got the answer from her but also had to marry her in exchange for the answer. When he told the answer "that women want authority over men" as the right answer, he was right and married her. But he wasn't attracted to her at all. The night she asked him why he was sad, he told her that it's because he did not love her and that he can't stay married to such an ugly wife. But when she asked her what he would rather choose- a faithful but ugly wife or a beautiful yet cheating wife, he decided to follow the answer he had given to the queen. This wise answer led to the wife changing into a beautiful woman and also a faithful one too. Thus, we can conclude that the knight had gained understanding of women over the course of the story.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)