As Conden states, ”To view Chaucer as a reformer ... is to overlook his evident love affair with the world he creates – a world he neither condemns, endorses, a dynamic, human, endlessly fascinating entity unto itself.” By saying this, Conden believes that seeing Chaucer as nothing but a reformer is not fair and just. By seeing him this way, you are over-looking all the good about him and only looking at the bad. Chaucer is someone who loves the world and is trying to show every aspect of it. Supporting what Conden is saying, Chaucer tries to show the world from every point of view, good and bad. In "The Wife of Bath," he shows a theme of chivalric romance, the good, and how horribly the knight treats her, the bad. "By force he took her maiden hood", showing that the knight had to get what he wanted from the woman forcefully. This is not what knights are supposed to do. Knights are supposed to serve and protect, not be the person someone needs to be protected from. Although, the Knight did feel guilty for what he had done, and shows his sorrow by getting married to the old woman. By Chaucer showing us this, although people do bad sometimes, does not mean they are always bad. This Knight did a horrible thing and he did what he could to be forgiven. He is showing his affection towards our society by telling his readers what truly happened, instead of changing the facts. Throughout this tale, Chaucer shows the personalities of all the characters, good or bad. Chaucer shows how women see themselves by having the knight be asked what women desire most. The knight received many different answers, "Some said that women wanted wealth and treasure, "Honor," said some, some "Jollity and pleasure," Some "Gorgeous clothes" and others "Fun in bed," "To be oft widowed and remarried," said Others again, and some that what most matters Was that we should be cosseted and