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    Character Analysis of The Knight

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    The Knight is portrayed as the perfect knight - an honorable man who has distinguished himself in many battles over 20 years. He is polite, speaks gently, and has never said a harsh word. He rides a beautiful horse but is still wearing a blood-stained tunic from his most recent battle, showing his dedication. The story he tells reflects his values of chivalry, honor, and courtly love. He is respected by all the pilgrims as the most prestigious due to his noble actions and service to his king.

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    The Knight is portrayed as the perfect knight - an honorable man who has distinguished himself in many battles over 20 years. He is polite, speaks gently, and has never said a harsh word. He rides a beautiful horse but is still wearing a blood-stained tunic from his most recent battle, showing his dedication. The story he tells reflects his values of chivalry, honor, and courtly love. He is respected by all the pilgrims as the most prestigious due to his noble actions and service to his king.

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    The Knight is portrayed as the perfect knight - an honorable man who has distinguished himself in many battles over 20 years. He is polite, speaks gently, and has never said a harsh word. He rides a beautiful horse but is still wearing a blood-stained tunic from his most recent battle, showing his dedication. The story he tells reflects his values of chivalry, honor, and courtly love. He is respected by all the pilgrims as the most prestigious due to his noble actions and service to his king.

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    Character Analysis of The Knight

    Look up in the sky! It's a bird…it's a plane…it's SUPER KNIGHT!


    Seriously, this guy is one perfect knight. If there's been a battle in the past
    twenty years, chances are good he was there. Alexandria, Belgazir, Prussia,
    Lieges – you name the battle, he's fought in it. And not only that, he's
    probably been the hero of the battle and won a prize or two. He's sort of like a
    football hero; you know the type – the guy who makes every touchdown and
    gets carried off the field on the shoulders of his teammates.
    But not only is the Knight a stellar battlefield athlete, he's also a
    genuinely nice guy. Chaucer tells us that he's never, in all his life, spoken a
    harsh word to anyone. Unlike with some of the other characters, we can be
    sure that this knight is exactly what Chaucer says he is. How do we know?
    Well, because although he's got a really beautiful horse, he's wearing a tunic
    that is still stained with the blood of his last battle. He's literally walked
    straight off the battlefield and into The Canterbury Tales. 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 behaviour – peace-
    making, speaking like a gentleman, telling a polite romance – is probably
    meant to provide a point of contrast with the very different "low-bon"
    behaviour of characters like the Miller and the Reeve.
    Character Analysis “The Knight”
    Socially, the Knight is by far the most prestigious person on the
    pilgrimage. He has fought in many battles and served his king nobly.
    (Readers should note that the Knight has not fought in secular battles; all his
    battles have been religious battles of some nature.) He is the very essence of
    chivalry, honour, and courage. Similarly, he is the epitome of gentility, a man
    who loves truth, freedom, and honour. Everyone in the pilgrimage looks up to
    and respects him.

    Despite his elevated position, the knight is also filled with humility.
    He does not participate in the quarrelling or complaining, nor does he
    condemn it. 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, honour, chivalry, and adventure. The main emphasis
    in the story is upon rules of honour, decorum, and proper conduct. For his
    hero, he chooses the Greek hero of legend, Theseus, who was the most highly
    thought of man in Ancient Greek culture; indeed, Theseus was the King of
    Athens, and Sophocles, in the Oedipus Trilogy, presents him as the ideal king.
    Thus Theseus, like the Knight himself, is an embodiment of all the ideal
    human virtues.

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