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   The Knight’s Tale. ONCE ON A TIME, as old tales tell to us, There was a duke whose name was Theseus; Of Athens he was lord and governor, And in his time was such a conqueror. That greater was there not beneath the sun. (5) Full many a rich country had he won; What with his wisdom and his chivalry.

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   Incensed, Theseus quickly overthrows Creon and restores the Theban dead to the women for ceremonial burying. After the destruction of Creon's forces, booty hunters find two young knights (Palamon and Arcite) who are not quite dead. Theseus decides against executing the knights and instead imprisons them with no hope of ransom.

5. interestingliterature.com › 2021 › 10A Summary and Analysis of Geoffrey Chaucer’s ‘The Knight’s Tale’

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   You can read ‘The Knight’s Tale’ in the original Middle English here before proceeding to our summary and analysis below. ‘The Knight’s Tale’: plot summary. The play is set in pagan (pre-Christian) times.

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   The Knight's Tale of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in its original, and with a parallel translation. Includes a tooltip Glossary.

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   1 The opening quote is from Statius’ Thebiad, one of Chaucer’s sources of the Knight’s Tale. The eldest lady of them all spoke (but first she swooned with such a deathly look that it was pitiful to see): “Lord, to whom Fortune has granted victory and to live as a conqueror, your glory and honor grieves us not.

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   When did Chaucer write the Knight's tale?

   • ‘The Knight’s Tale’: analysis Although Chaucer appears to have begun work on The Canterbury Tales in 1387, the text of ‘The Knight’s Tale’ probably predates his conception of that longer work, and is thought to have been composed in the early 1380s.

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   What is 'the Knight's tale' based on?

   • By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘The Knight’s Tale’ is the first tale told in Geoffrey Chaucer’s long work The Canterbury Tales. Following his introduction in the General Prologue, the Knight proceeds to tell this tale of romantic rivalry between two friends – a story which would later inspire a Shakespeare play (of which more below).

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   How does the Knight's tale fit the Knight?

   • Part I: The Knight's Tale perfectly fits the Knight himself: That is, he chooses a story filled with knights, love, honor, chivalry, and adventure. The emphasis in the story is upon rules of honor and proper conduct. Theseus, like the Knight himself, is an embodiment of the ideal Human Justice — reason.

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   What is Chaucer's opening quote in the Knight's tale?

   • 1 The opening quote is from Statius’ Thebiad, one of Chaucer’s sources of the Knight’s Tale. The eldest lady of them all spoke (but first she swooned with such a deathly look that it was pitiful to see): “Lord, to whom Fortune has granted victory and to live as a conqueror, your glory and honor grieves us not.

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   Here Chaucer describes of a fierce knight destroying his enemy in fifteen battles. However, by phasing this as “fighting mortal battles,” Chaucer sidesteps the image of a brutal knight slaughtering his enemies. This image keeps with the chivalric depiction of the Knight.