1. CIVILIZACIÓN Y CULTURA INGLESA
Teacher: Carlos M. Beltrán Piedrola
Student: Johnny Miguel Pita Balbuena

2. Characters
 Prince Theseus
 Hyppolita (queen of Scythia)
 Emelye (Hyppolita’s sister)
 Arcite (Knight of Thebes)
 Palamon (Knight of Thebes)
 Venus (goddess of love)
 Mars (god of war)
 Diana (goddess of chastity)
 Saturn
 Pluto (god of the underworld)

3. Main Topic
 The Tale is undoubtedly
a romance as Chaucer
presents it, supposedly a
true history of many
hundreds of years ago told
by an authoritative, high-
status figure (in this case
the Knight).
 Love
 Morality

4. Plot
 Vengeance upon Creon. Theseus sent armies toward Thebes.
 Arcite and Palamon were found, then imprisioned.
 Both Arcite and Palamon felt in love with Emelye.
 Pirithous, a prince. Theseus set Arcite free .
 After six years Palamon scaped from prison.
 Theseus decided that the two will wage war on each other for
Emelye’s love.
 Declared that Arcite had won. An earthquake was sent by Pluto. Arcite
died.

5. Connection
 It is very likely that the Knight’s Tale was written
before the Canterbury Tales.
 It has the unusual status of being both a part of
the tales as a whole, but also a separate work of
literature in its own right .

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