The Knights Tale
The Knight’s Tale is a very romantic story as it is presented, of two knights who have fallen in love with a maid without ever physically touching her. This tale is supposedly a true story passed down among the knights of the day. Chaucer presents it with over-stressed traditions of romantic literature. Some of the oddities of the tales are really presented when taken into a whole with the Canterbury Tales. The Knight’s Tale is the first of the Canterbury tales. This may indicate how status is still an important part of class in England. The idea of class is also presented in the Knight’s Tale by being started with Theseus, and not the main characters.
Religion and philosophy play a vital role in the Knight’s Tale. The story is told in such a way that is improbable. The story line creates characters that exist to move from one point to the other. The main characters are set free to appease the story, as well as fall in love at first sight. The idea of fate and destiny is an overwhelming theme in the story. Palamon blames his fate on Venus and Saturn for falling in love. Throughout the story the characters would go to the gods seeking guidance or the god would arrive to them to guide or empower the character about whatever task lied ahead. This is echoed in the Knight’s Tale even though it was told centuries later. As I read the
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The characters in several ways are described of all of their physical attributes. The two main characters do not act with a lot of real emotion, always a reason to what a character says or to their actions. This allow the readers to really form an opinion of the individual, but more of the idea of what a Knight should be like. Emelye is also a classic damsel in distress cutout, with an odd twist in the story. She does not wish to marry, and even thought the two knights have never truly had contact with her, they are willing to fight to the death for her hand in