Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales: The Knight´s Tale
Study Questions
1. Gather the virtues (the good character traits) of knights – Theseus, Palamon
and Arcita!
2. What must a beautiful lady be like (Emily)?
3. What happens to a man when he falls in love?
4. Why are both knights at fault, ready to be sentenced to death, when Theseus
finds them fighting in the forest?
5. How does a tournament take place? What are its rules?
6. What different kinds of weapon are used by the knights?
7. Different relationships between the knights come into conflict in the story.
What are these, and which is stronger?
8. How does Theseus describe the universe towards the end of the tale?
9. How does Arcita’s funeral take place?
10. Why does Palamon win at the end?