affair,/By God, than does a cuckoo or
             a hare!" (51). However, the king tells the cousins to get "Ready by battle to decide his claim/ to
             Emily." (52) without even asking her what she wanted to do. If he had asked her, he would have
             found out that she wanted to remain a virgin and marry no one. She even prayed that she "would
             be mistress, no, nor wife." (65). However, she was forced to marry Palamon when he won the
             Secondly, women are described as cunning and deceitful. This type of woman causes her
             husband nothing but heartache. She is depicted as a liar and a cheater with low morals. She is a
             woman neither to be trusted nor respected. In many of the stories she makes a fool of her
             husband by having adulterous affairs. This type of woman is depicted in the "Miller's Tale", the
             "Merchant's Tale", and in the character of the Wife of Bath.
             In the "Miller's Tale, Alison who is described as
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