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. ... Chaucer gives to the knight one of the more flattering descriptions in the Gener...

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The Knight The pilgrim I found to be most interesting in The Canterbury Tales was the Knight. ... The Knight shows up in four parts of The Canterbury Tales, and every time he is mentioned it reveals more about what he is like as a person. The General Prologue tells us about how courageous and chivalrous he was. ... "As we recognize from 'The Knight's Tale', the ideal of gentillesse, constancy and devoted service which courtly romance holds up invites serious respect from poet and audience alike." ... All of the pilgrims, except the Knight, began their tale with a prologue w...

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Alex Jerome November 9, 2002 Characterization of the Squire In The Prologue from the Canterbury Tales, Chaucer constructs a portrait of the main characters. The Squire is one that Chaucer describes in the Prologue. ... One of the main ironies in The Canterbury Tales is how most of the people from the church are dishonest and unfair. ... Chaucer stated that the Knight, "from the day on which he first began / to ride abroad, had followed chivalry"(119). ...

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This is exactly the premise of the quarrel between the Miller and the Knight in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. ... In the "Prologue-, the narrator first introduces the Knight, due to his high class. However, from the beginning a careful reader notices the sarcasm and flippant language the knight uses. ... After the Knight finishes his tale, the Host hopes to follow with a tale from the Monk, but the drunk Miller bursts in, insisting that he be allowed to tell his tale next. ... While the Knight's tale ends honorably with Arcite winning the competition, but Palamon gett...

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