In Geoffrey Chaucer's medieval poem, The Canterbury Tales, the knight is the first pilgrim described in the General Prologue and the first to proclaim his tale. The Knight's Tale exquisitely contains enriching language, beautiful imagery, and a "wealth of ... (Fowler10)." The Knight's Tale tells of two noble cousins that fall deeply in love with the same woman and deeply in hatred of each other. This very classical and romantic genre reflects the Knight's role in the medieval world. The knight poses as reminder of virtue, or even as a preserver of order. Through his experience of travels and...

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