“He had been in fifteen moral battles, and fought for our faith at Tlemcen three times in tournaments, and always slain his foe” such dominant and fierce images were used by Chaucer to demonstrates the mighty Knights’ impressiveness (The Prologue, line 25-26). Chaucer was the influential author of Canterbury Tales, who influenced the way modern analysis of characterization through his great descriptive details in analyzing the character’s physics, attitude, thought, action, and reaction from others. When describing a character, the narrator used his observation of different human qualities to showcase that character’s nature. Chaucer’s impressive ability to highlights the many characteristics in society was portrayed by the ways he showcased …show more content…
The author introduces the Knight’s noble accomplishments and importance when the author remarks that “he had won the highest honor” (The Prologue, line 31). The use of alliteration in this quote is to highlights and makes it memorable to the reader that he had dedicated and contributed his service to his country and was highly rewarded. This quote differentiates him from many characters by defining his accomplishment, bravery, and righteousness. In addition, the quote showcases another aspect of the Knight which makes him seems more dedicated to service is his impressive military career for which he had fought in many memorable battles with all different kinds of people from all different parts of the world. Which shows that the Knight was characterizes as a dominant and winner. The author describes the Knight’s accomplishments with major battles through the use of alliteration for which the words all start with the same consonant to portray sounds to emphasize a greater insight into the author’s message and characterization of his …show more content…
Chaucer introduces the Knight as a respected character through the use of Metaphor. The author characterizes the Knight in a polite manner and describes that he never spoken a harsh word about anyone. The knight moral is to do the right things which he was later rewarded with honor and reputation. In addition to being a warrior, the Knight is gentle, great with words, and genuinely wise that everybody respected. Chaucer uses metaphor to describe that the Knight was well respected by inform the reader “he sat at the head of the table” (The Prologue, line 16). During this time period, if a man was chosen to be seated at the head of the table means he is highly respected by others and was fitted to sit at the highest seat among all the seats in the table whereas the literal meaning of head of the table simply means the head of the table. The knight was chosen to be seated at the head of the table because he displayed many valued traits. Aside from his manners and accomplishments, his appearance and apparel was what added honor and integrity to his courageous nature and gave him the position of that seat. In further details, The Knight wear a tunic of harsh cloth made out of coarse cloth, symbolizing him as a crusader and his coat of mail is rust-stained, this shows the possibility of him just finished a battle recently. The author concludes that the Knight is well respected by using metaphor