Canterbury Tales 2

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to sustain the basic life practices of the community, those who were said to defend, and those who prayed." (Aers 233) Chaucer combines all three of these positions into a common place and provides them with the same goal: Canterbury. Class distinctions are apparent and help to demonstrate much of the jealousy and discord that arose between the pilgrims of different classes. "In the Middle Ages, each person was classified according to his or her place on the social scale depending on birth or profession. People believed that this setup was established by god and therefore was never changed. (Barrons) It is through the tales told by the Knight, the Wife of Bath, and the Pardoner that a reader can develop a strong understanding of the more important class distinctions of the time. The three characters provide information about the noble, the feminist, and the corrupt. The tales told by the three make moral and ironic points. "The Knight's tale draws references between the medieval ...

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"his actions are more important than his looks." (Barron's)
The Knight's tale is a story about two Theban knights, Palamon and Arcite. The two knights are cousins who were sent to Athens by Theseus to be imprisoned for life. Palamon sees Emelye walking in the garden and instantly falls in love with her. Arcite too sees Emelye walking and also falls in love with her. Duke Perotheus arrives to visit Duke Thesues and has Arcite released under the condition that Arcite can not return to any of Theseus' lands. The become very angry, Arcite becomes upset about this because at least Palamon can see Emelye and Palamon is angry that Arcite has the chance to gather an army and return to ...

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