The pilgrim I found to be most interesting in The Canterbury Tales was the Knight. The Knight was one of the few pilgrims depicted as entirely good and honorable. Everyone on the pilgrimage respected the Knight and felt complied to appreciate the tale when he was finished. In this paper, I plan to explain how the Knight's tale reflects himself and what his personality is like.
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. He was wise, humble and a perfect gentleman. " Who from the day on which he first began to ride abroad had followed chivalry " (Chaucer,159) this tells us that the Knight had devoted his life to living the way a true knight would. "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." (Winny, 84 ) .
His determination to live his life rooted in chivalry, following chivalric virtues, was admirable. Also, the Knight would fight quests against pagans instead of battles that would win him more glory and praise like fighting in national campaigns against French, Castilian, or Scottish Christians urged throughout the second half of the century because of his persistence in virtues (Strohm, 86 ). This also demonstrates the Knight's selflessness and commitment. The Knight's Tale reflects traditional values of honor in which there are strict codes of behavior which one must follow. .
All of the pilgrims, except the Knight, began their tale with a prologue which tells about themselves. The Knight not having a prologue for himself shows, once again, that he is devoted to living his life as an honorable knight. It would have been unhonorable to talk about himself and boast about the great things he has achieved.
KNIGHTS Knights were a large part of history during early and late medieval periods. ... Other knights were the king's knights and they are people that were raised to become knights. ... Only knights could take part. ... Also the knight's colors or his king's colors were placed onto the knight's armor and horse. ... Probably the most well known knights were the Knights of the Round Table. ...
This all lead to the start of the medieval knight era in Western Europe. ... By giving his oldest son the deed, there was a rise in the knight's standing as opposed to being just a soldier Training as a knight started at an early age. Most often a knight was trained by a relative or a lord. ... While the young boy was training as a knight he was known as a "squire." ... Eventually those young knights evolved into the knights we know today, the metal plated soldiers of medieval lore. ...
These are all characteristics of both the skilled samurai, and the powerful knights. ... The knights were people of very high stature in society. ... Knights controlled land and the land was managed by peasants. ... The knights led them into the battle though. ... Though the knights" code was strict, it did not compare to that of the samurai. ...
There would be no point in having samurai and knights if there were no weapons. The samurai used many weapons as did the knights. ... Swords were also the most used and important weapon of the knight. ... Knights also carried a mace. ... Knights also used bows. ...
The movie "A Knights Tale" a peasant convinces everyone that he is really of noble birth and I a knight so he can compete in jousting competitions so he can make money and become wealthy. So he perceives and believes that he himself is really a knight and changes everyone's perception of him from being a peasant to a knight of noble birth. ... Now he has had a taste of competing as a knight he believes himself to be a knight and continues to act so he and the other servants of the dead knight continue on to other tournaments. The other servants continue to train him as a knight. ... ...
Among the characters included in this introductory section is the Knight. Chaucer initially refers to the knight as "a most distinguished man" and, indeed, his sketch of the knight is highly complimentary. ... Clearly, the knight possesses an outstanding character. ... Norman Schwarzkof a latter day knight. ... The Knight tells a tale of courtship and chivalry, focused on the deeds of soldiers and a princess, the social milieu in which the Knight travels. ...
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. ... Then Miller then proceeds to tell a story that parallels the Knight's, yet serves to parody chivalry and undermine the Knight's tale. 3 The Miller begins his tale in the same general form, using the same third person point of view as the Knight. ... To match Emily in the Knight's tale, the Miller introduces Alison, his fair maiden who mocks the Knight's Emily as well as all fi...
