The Knight's Tale

by Geoffrey Chaucer

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The Knight's Tale Questions and Answers

What is the theme and setting of The Knight's Tale in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales?

What is the symbolism in The Knight's Tale?

In "The Knight's Tale," why does Palamon claim to have the greater right to love Emily than his brother, Arcite?

How is there satire in "The Knight's Tale"?

What is the main message of "The Knights Tale"?

What are the major events in "The Knight's Tale" from the Canterbury Tales?

In "The Knight's Tale," how are love and war related? Could Chaucer be attempting to say something about the relationship between love and war? If so, what?

How is courage portrayed in Chaucer's "The Knight's Tale"?

What are some important quotations from "The Knight's Tale" in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, and how are those quotations important to the meaning of the tale?

Why did Chaucer bring the gods into "The Knight's Tale"?

What might be Emily's thoughts in the Knight's tale?

How is classicism represented in "The Knight's Tale"?

What does Chaucer intend for us to learn about the knight, in "The Knight's Tale" of "The Canterbury Tales"? Also what are the points that are important to cover when giving a concise retelling of parts III and IV in "The Knight's Tale"?

How does Chaucer's "Knight's Tale" relate to the overall structure of "The Canterbury Tales"? What is the moral of the tale?

how is love represented in the knigth's tale?

Why is the Knight a terrible storyteller in The Canterbury Tales? Give two examples of a "rule" he breaks.

What themes and/or virtues can be shared between "The Knight's Tale" and the Peasants' Revolt of 1381?

How are "The Knight’s Tale" and the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 connected? Are there characters and settings that can be compared and contrasted? Also, is there a common theme and/or virtue that connects the historical event and the literary work? Is there an online resource where I can dive deeper into this topic?

Provide a commentary for the following passages from "The Knight's Tale": ll. 1112–22, ll. 1153–76, ll. 1251–67, ll. 1785–1810, ll. 1936–54, ll.2304–25, ll. 3041–56, ll. 3090–3108.

How does Chaucer’s treatment of the second and third estates of medieval society as portrayed in "The Knight's Tale" mirror his larger project: to move literature away from fairy tales or idealized narratives toward stories of ordinary people, told in their own, everyday language?

Show how passion enslaves Chaucer's heroes in “The Knight’s Tale.”