Canterbury Outline

1. Knight. We chose the knight because he was described by his actions than his personality and there seemed to be more to the character.
2. In this tale the knight is the main character. He is chivalrous, brave, upper-class, noble, accomplished, Christian, fighter, hero, modest, polite
3. Chaucer uses an anecdote to talk about all of the accomplishments that the knight has and this creates a tone of admiration for the knight. Writing it in a poem makes the story seem more noble.
4. The author indirectly characterized the knight through the anecdote in the beginning of the story when he talks about the battles and wars that the knight has bravely fought in. He used direct characterization by describing the knight with adjectives like truth, honor, and generous. The author mainly used direct characterization.
5. The genre of this tale is a moral tale because it talks about ethical dillemas like how he is a gentle knight yet he always gets his man. Juxtaposition of moral right and wrong in one man.
6. The characters in this story do not hold up to the ideals that the audience has about them. The characters are different than we would typically expect. The characters are also described with juxtaposed ideas.
7. To improve the tale the author needs to talk about who the knight is, instead of what he has done.
8. If the gender was different in this tale, the story wouldnt exist because women could not hold the position of knight. If the social status changed the narrator probably wouldnt admire the knight as much.
9. I think the anecdote that the author uses is the most effective in what the author is trying to tell the audience about the night.
10. I think one thing that I could take from Chaucer and put into my own writing is the was he juxtaposed ideas in each character which is unorthodox in my opinion.