The Knight's tale vs. The Wife of Bath

In the Canterbury tales, the knight tells a tale talking about two prisoners falling in love with the same women, while in the "The Wife of Bath" tale, a man goes in search of what women desire the most. In these two tales there are many differences.

Int he knight's tale, Theseus, finds two enemy warriors while returning some lady's husband's bones. As he found the two warriors, Arcite and Palamon, he took them in, healed them, but he imprisoned them in a tower. Then one day, they look out the window and find a women, which turns out to be Theseus sister in law, Emelye. They then both fall in love with her. Both argue on who should get her, but then soon realized that it would be a hopeless wish because they are imprisoned and wont be able to get out. One day, Arcite was released and Palamon was still stuck in the tower. A while later, Palamon escapes prison and runs off to the woods and finds Palamon. Both argue still on who should get the lady, while arguing Theseus finds them and plans on killing them. Emelye then comes and says to spare their life, Theseus agrees, but decides to to a tournament and whoever wins gets Emelye. Palamon and Arcite both gather their men and fight. In the end Palamon wins and marries Emelye.

In the tale of "The Wife of Bath", there is a man who rapes this girl. He then gets sentenced to court to the queen. The queen then says that he must go in search of what women most desire in an amount of time. He then goes all over town and to places asking people what women most desired. He was not successful, until he found this old lady who told him the answer to his question. She tells him that women most desire an upper hand. So he then goes and tells the queen that women most desire and upper hand, a husband. She then tells him that he is right, but he ends up marrying the old lady. He dislikes the idea, but he has to do it anyway.

In the knight's tale, there are two men fighting for a woman's love, while in "The Wife of Bath" a man marries a woman that he does not want. In "The Wife of Bath" the man takes advantage of girls and doesn't appreciate them, while in the knight's tale, both Arcite and Palamon care for Emelye and so their best to win their heart. There is not really any similarities between the tales except the fact that in men both tried their best to accmplish their goal.

In both tales, there are many differences, but very little similarities. In the knight's tale two men fight the love of one women. In "The Wife of Bath" one man has to find what women most desire.
Therefor, both tales include that men have to accomplish their goal. The two men's goal is to get Emelye, while in "The Wife of Bath", the man's goal is to find out what women most desire.