Canterbury tales who is the knight

Also, the story the Knight tells is exactly what we'd expect of a perfect knight: it's a tale of two friends who pine away for the same noble woman, replete with jousts, battles, and courtly love. And finally, the Knight's son, the Squire, reflects well upon the Knight because he, too, is a perfect gentleman. That kid was raised right. It would be hard to be otherwise when your dad's such a perfect knight. In The Canterbury Tales , the Knight is a representative of those who belong to the very high social class of the nobility.

His behavior — peacemaking, speaking like a gentleman, telling a polite romance — is probably meant to provide a point of contrast with the very different "low-born" behavior of characters like the Miller and the Reeve.

Parents Home Homeschool College Resources. Although he has distinguished himself several times in battle, he never talks about his brave and valorous deeds. He is completely satisfied with his station in life and is courteous to the other pilgrims without becoming friendly with them. The Knight's Tale perfectly fits the Knight himself. He chooses a story filled with knights, love, honor, chivalry, and adventure. The main emphasis in the story is upon rules of honor, decorum, and proper conduct.

New York: St. Martin's, Norako Author. Jump to Analysis Bibliography "A knyght ther was and that a worthy man That fro the tyme that he first bigan To riden out, he loved chivalrie, Trouthe and honour, fredom, and curteisie. Ful worthy was he in his lordes werre, And therto hadde he riden, no man ferre, As wel in cristendom as in hethenesse, And evere honoured for his worthynesse; At Alisaundre he was whan it was wonne.

Ful ofte tyme he hadde the bord bigonne Aboven alle nacions in Pruce; In Lettow hadde he reysed and in Ruce; No Cristen man so ofte of his degree. In Grenade at the seege eek hadde he be Of Algezir, and riden in Belmarye. At mortal batailles hadde he been fiftene, And foughten for oure feith at Tramyssene In lystes thries, and ay slayn his foo. This ilke worthy kyght hadde been also Somtyme with the lord of Palatye Agayn another hethen in Turkye; And everemoore he hadde a sovereyn prys. And though that he were worthy he was wys, And of his port as meeke as is a mayde.

He nevere yet no vileynye ne sayde In al his lyf unto no maner wight. Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on LitCharts.

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