The Canterbury Tales
A Character Sketch of Chaucer's Knight
Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, written in approximately
1385, is a collection of twenty-four stories ostensibly told by various
people who are going on a religious pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral from
London, England. Prior to the actual tales, however, Chaucer offers the
reader a glimpse of fourteenth century life by way of what he refers to as
a General Prologue. In this prologue, Chaucer introduces all of the
characters who are involved in this imaginary journey and who will tell the
tales. Among the characters included in this introductory section is a
knight. Chaucer initially refers to the knight as "a most distinguished
man" (l. 43) and, indeed, his sketch of the knight is highly complimentary.
The knight, Chaucer tells us, "possessed/Fine horses, but he
was not gaily dressed" (ll. 69-70). Indeed, the knight is dressed in a
common shirt which is stained "where his armor had left......
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