The Knight's Characters In The Canterbury Tales

The Prologue of the Canterbury Tales was written in Middle English (closely related to Modern-Day English but derived from the Middle Ages). The Canterbury Tales is a collection of over 20 stories by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century. The stories were designed for pilgrims to relay on the long pilgrimage from Southwark to Canterbury Cathedral at the shrine of the late Saint Thomas Becket. Chaucer tells us about a group of guild members that he sees on the way to Canterbury in the Prologue of the Canterbury Tales. In addition, Chaucer gives us a description of the guildsmen, of how they act and of their personalities and beliefs, even though he didn 't fully understand or know them. Some of the guildsmen were portrayed in the rightly manner

Chaucer portrayed the knight as a "worthy man" who "loved chivalry, truth, honour, freedom, and all courtesy". He was also "honoured everywhere for worthiness". The knight has fought in multiple crusade. ( ) Out of all the characters in the Prologue, the knight was portrayed close to his job. In real life the knights were responsible for leading the troops and lead the king 's army. A knight also played the right hand man to the king as well as being the king 's friend. The knight would engage in activities such as archery, chess, or horse riding. Even though the knight may not have enjoyed these tasks normally, he would complete these tasks with joy in order to spend time with the king and fulfill his knightly duties. The knight would also act as an advisor to the king and give his advice or opinion on the king’s decisions. The knights were also responsible with acting as a modern-day police officer. They would manage the citizens of kingdom and aid them in farming. They would also be the kingdom

The monk was also a very forgiving man. He "let go by the things of yesterday" meaning he forgave peoples wrongdoings that was done onto him. He went against the bible when it said that "hunters are not holy men". He was a good man to his horse and he enjoyed hunting rabbits and riding and jumping his horse "as swift as a bird. He had greyhounds and spared no expense to his hunting equipment. He wore "sleeves... garnished at the hand with fine grey fur, the finest in the land, and on his hood, to fasten it at his chin he had a wrought-gold cunningly fashioned pin; into a lover 's knot it seemed to pass". The "lover 's knot" should not be worn because of the oath of chastity and the rules to remain sexless and without relations. So these are examples that the monk was not loyal to the church and did not fulfill the duties of the monk. He was a well-dressed, fat, bald man with a greasy face who never seemed to stop looking around. The monk 's horse 's "bridle jingles as loud and clear as a chapel bell" which is ironic because of the fact that the monk should remain close to if not stay in the chapel, not pilgrimaging to the Canterbury Chapel. He lives like a lord or a higher class man than a clergy or holy man. The fact that the monk is able to enjoy a very expensive hobby as hunting, shows that he is trying to act or look as if he is an aristocratic figure. Chaucer tells us that the monk knows what he should be doing