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The Host Of The Inn In Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales

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In the novel “The Canterbury Tales,” author Geoffrey Chaucer uses a pilgrimage to the grave of a martyr as a frame for his tale. He introduces a multitude of different characters with unique quirks, all from separate walks of life. One of these characters, the Host of the Inn, sets up a storytelling contest in an attempt to keep the entire group entertained. The first two tales that have been examined thus far come from the Pardoner and the Knight. The two tales were vastly separate in terms of morals, motives and entertainment. Weighing all of these concepts, of the two, the Knight’s tale definitely was the winner. The “Knight’s Tale” begins with two knights who have been captured and imprisoned. The knights are brother-like; they treat each other like brothers and they tell each other that they will always be there for one another. One day, however, one of the knights, Palamon, awakes to observe a beautiful girl. The other knight, Arcite, catches a glimpse of the same girl as a result of Palamon’s reactions. The two claim that they are deeply in love with the girl, whose name is Emily. This eventually drives the two former best friends apart until they hate each other so much that they can no longer bear to be in the same place. They eventually abscond the prison in different ways (one of the Knights escapes, the other one is set free). After countless years, they meet and the hate that they felt when they last saw each other is still present. The leader who captured the
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