"my liege lady, generally," said he, / "women desire to have the sovereignty / as well upon their husband as their love, / and to have mastery their man above…"

based on the above quote, what do women in the wife of bath's tale desire most?

question 19 options:

power over their husbands

love from their husbands

to serve their husbands

respect from their husbands

Power over their husbands

Explanation: Based on the above quote, what women in "The Wife of Bath's Tale", desire most is power over their husbands. This is one of the tales from "Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer. The knight who answers was condemned by the Queen to be beheaded or study women for a whole year to learn what they desire most. He is asked after the year and being his answer correct he is freed from being beheaded.

taking into account that a theme is the central topic a text treats and can be developed through a story, play, poem etc. the following are themes that can be further developed:  

my best friend jeffrey has many unusual interests. (the story could be about each of the unususal interests)

once a man gives his soul over to evil, he can never go back. (this could be a saying or a proverb)

the three sheepdogs lay around the yard all day. (it could be developed detailing how each of these sheepdogs lay around)

a priest's collar has an unusual effect upon people. (it could be developed detailing the different effect upon people)

innocence is a powerful force in a world full of corruption. (it could be developed detailing how is a world full of corruption)

king lear is a play shakespeare wrote later. (it is just a sentence and doesnt give any idea or topic to be discussed in details.

evil often wears the disguise of innocence. (this could be a saying or a proverb)

"freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.

the four freedoms were goals articulated by united states president franklin d. roosevelt on january 6, 1941"