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Canterbury Tales - The Knight - School Essays

Canterbury Tales - The Knight

Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, written in approximately
1385, is a collection of twenty-four stories ostensibly told by
various people who are going on a religious pilgrimage to Canterbury

Cathedral from London, England. Prior to the actual tales, however,

Chaucer offers the reader a glimpse of fourteenth century life by way

of what he refers to as a General Prologue. In this prologue, Chaucer

introduces all of the characters who are involved in this imaginary

journey and who will tell the tales. Among the characters included in

this introductory section is a knight. Chaucer initially refers to the

knight as "a most distinguished man" (l. 43) and, indeed, ...

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life as his fighting career has

taken him to a great many places. He has seen military service in

Egypt, Lithuania, Prussia, Russia, Spain, North Africa, and Asia Minor

where he "was of [great] value in all eyes (l. 63). Even though he has

had a very successful and busy career, he is extremely humble: Chaucer

maintains that he is "modest as a maid" (l. 65). Moreover, he has

never said a rude thing to anyone in his entire life (cf., ll. 66-7).

Clearly, the knight possesses an outstanding character. Chaucer

gives to the knight one of the more flattering descriptions in the

General Prologue. The knight can do no wrong: he is an outstanding

warrior who has fought for the true faith--according to Chaucer--on

three continents. In the midst of all this contenton, however, the

knight remains modest and polite. The knight is the embodiment of the

chivalric code: he is devout and courteous off the battlefield and is

bold and fearless ...

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