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Synopsis. Emilia in the rose garden from Boccaccio 's Teseida, French, c. 1460. Two cousins and knights, Palamon and Arcite, are captured and imprisoned by Theseus, duke of Athens, after being found unconscious following his battle against Creon. Their cell sits in the tower of Theseus' castle, with a window which overlooks his palace garden.
The Knight’s tale, as befitting a man of his rank and chivalric reputation, is a noble romance about the world of chivalry: the code of nobility to which knights were expected to adhere. However, neither of the tale’s two male leads, Palamon and Arcite, live up to the chivalric ideal.
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When Theseus stops their duel, he rebukes the knights for their unlawful ceremony and, true to his portrayal in this tale, reimposes the behavioral and social code by proposing an alternative to lawless dueling: a formal tournament in one year with each knight supported by one hundred knights.
A summary of The Knight’s Tale: Parts 1 & 2 in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of The Canterbury Tales and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
The Knight's Tale. Iamque domos patrias, Sithice post aspera gentis prelia,laurigero, etc.[ And now (Theseus drawing nigh his) native land in laurelled car after battling with the Scithian folk, etc.]
The Knight’s Tale, one of the 24 stories in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. This chivalric romance was based on Giovanni Boccaccio’s Teseida, and though it was not originally written as part of the Canterbury collection, Chaucer adapted it to fit the character of the Knight.
