37+ The Canterbury Tales The Knight Pictures. In this tale, the knight (or chaucer) implies that the lives of men are influenced by what seems to be chance but, in actuality, is a prime mover (god) who early in the tale, for example, both palamon and arcite fall hopelessly in love with emilie, and their love (emotion) for her controls their behavior. The knight is described by chaucer in the general prologue as the person of highest social standing amongst the pilgrims, though his manners and clothes are unpretentious.

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Of athenes he was lord and governour. Here is the portrait of the knight from the general prologue. They are captured by theseus, the king of thebes, and imprisoned in a tower together.

They are captured by theseus, the king of thebes, and imprisoned in a tower together.

The wife of bath's tale 8. Iamque domos patrias, scithice post aspera gentis prelia, laurigero, &c. The tower has one window, which the knights spend their days looking out of. The man of law's tale 7.