“The Knight’s Tale” is one of the most tightly structured tales with The Canterbury Tales and the knight himself is frequently interpreted as an ideal representation of aristocracy in the late fourteenth century. Yet given Chaucer’s penchant for satire and social commentary, the knight and his tale should be regarded with a keen critical eye. If the knight isn’t the spotless ideal that he is often read as, then what is to be made of the tale that he tells? If Chaucer’s Knight is understood to be as hypocritical as the clerics within the schema of the Canterbury Tales, then how is the reader meant to read the narrative of Palamon and Arcite? Given Chaucer’s love for fairly fluid interpretive agency on the part of his audience, these questions