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The Canterbury Tales: A Character Sketch Of Chaucers Knight
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| Term Paper Title | The Canterbury Tales: A Character Sketch Of Chaucers Knight |
| # of Words | 521 |
| # of Pages (250 words per page double spaced) | 2.08 |
The Canterbury Tales: A Character Sketch of Chaucer's 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, his sketch of the knight
is highly complimentary.
The knight, Chaucer tells us, "possessed/Fine horses, but he was
not gaily dressed" (ll. 69-70). Indeed, the knight is dressed in
a common shirt which is stained "where his armor had left mark"
(l. 72). That is, the knight is "just home from service" (l. 73)
and is in such a hurry to go on his pilgrimage that he has not
even paused before beginning it to change his clothes.
The knight has had a very busy 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
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