The squire of Geoffrey Chaucer's, The Canterbury Tales is a talented young man. He's following in his father's footsteps and is serving as an apprentice to become a knight. As Chaucer describes the Squire more in detail, the corruptness in the knight's home is more evident. The Squire's character seems that his talents lie elsewhere than on the battlefield. But first, let's look in whether he is the perfect fit to be the next knight.
The narrator characterizes the squire as a young "lad of fire"(ll.82). Basically, stating that he was a driven, fearless, and motivated ball of fire, waiting on his turn to explode. He is noble, strong, athletic and is a great jouster, great qualities prominent of a knight. Even though he was training to be a knight, he was missing the greatest value to a knight. That value is chivalry, Chivalry is the code of conduct that noble knights held true to their hearts. Not only is chivalry dying and view are changing, but the lad is looking away from the battlefield. He expressed interest in fine arts and music such as singing, writing, carving,
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His neat tightly curled hair and bright flower embroidered clothing gave women the chills at the first glance. He was "as fresh as in the month of May"(LL.94). And this strong player of the modern literature was stealing hearts with his musical charm and talent. Singing and dancing were two major talents obtained by the young fellow that would woo over any female. The ladies loved him because "he loved so hotly until he grew pale"(LL.99), meaning he was a very passionate man. Also, because "he slept as little as a nightingale"(LL.100), foreshadowing that after he passionately made love to these women he didn’t stop, he could make love all night long. This stamina goes to characterize the Squire's athleticism and