Part one of term paper
Chaucer's Tale of the Wife of Bath, the lead tale of the so-called "marriage group", is a Gawain story standing amongst the latter versions of a group of analogues which in the main incorporate two chief motifs, viz., that of the Transformed Hag (Loathly Lady) and that of the hero's fate depending upon his answer to a baffling problem. There ...

Part two of term paper
... typical contain some connection (direct or indirect) with Gawain himself. These analogues are: Gower's Tale of Florent (TF) The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell (DR) The Marriage of Sir Gawain (MG) The Adventure of Daire's Sons (DS) The Ballad of King Henry (KH) The Ballad of the Knight and the Shepherd's Daughter (SD) The Ballad of Kemp Owyne (KO) Libeaus Desconus (LD) {one episode} Wolfram's Parzival (P) {the German version of Chretien's Contes Del Graal} (one episode) They a ...