Canterbury Tales: The Knight
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In his prologue, Geoffrey Chaucer introduces all of the characters who are
involved in this fictional journey and who will tell the tales. One of the more
interesting of the characters included in this introductory section is the
Knight. Chaucer initially refers to the Knight as "a most distingui ....
Middle of paper
.... service in Egypt,
Lithuania, Prussia, Russia, Spain, North Africa, and Asia Minor where he always
"won the highest honor". Amazingly, even though he has had a very successful
and busy career, he remains an extremely humble man: indeed, Chaucer maintains
that he is meek "as a maiden". Moreover, Chaucer claims the Knight has never
said a rude remark to anyone in his entire life. Clearly, the Knight possesses
an outstanding character, and Chaucer gives to the Knight perhaps one of the
most ....
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Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
