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The Canterbury Tales: A Character Sketch Of Chaucer's Knight
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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 ac .... Middle of Term Paper
... is stained "where his armor had left mark" (l. 72). That is, the
knight is "just home from service" (l. 73) and is in such a hurry to go on
his pilgrimage that he has not even paused before beginning it to change
his clothes.
The knight has had a very busy life as his fighting career has taken him to
a great many places. He has seen military service in Egypt, Lithuania,
Prussia, Russia, Spain, North Africa, and Asia Minor where he "was of
[great] value in all eyes (l. 63). Even though he has had a very
successful and busy career, he is extremely humble: Chaucer maintains that
he is "modest as a maid" (l. 65). Moreover, he h ... |
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