The Canterbury Tales: A Character Sketch Of Chaucer's Knight
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Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, written in approximately 1385, is a
collection of twenty-four stories ostensibly told by various people who are
going on a religious pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral from London,
England. Prior to the actual tales, however, Chaucer offers the reader a
glimpse of fourteenth century life by way of w ....
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.... He has seen military service in Egypt, Lithuania,
Prussia, Russia, Spain, North Africa, and Asia Minor where he "was of
[great] value in all eyes (l. 63). Even though he has had a very
successful and busy career, he is extremely humble: Chaucer maintains that
he is "modest as a maid" (l. 65). Moreover, he has never said a rude thing
to anyone in his entire life (cf., ll. 66-7). Clearly, the knight possesses
an outstanding character.
Chauc ....
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Number of words: 542
Number of pages: 2 (approx. 250 words per double-spaced page)
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