The description of the Knight leaves such an uncertainty to the reader. After reading Chaucer's brief portrait of the Knight, one is left to question the validity of Chaucer the Pilgrim's claims. It feels as though he asserts too much perfection on the character for the reader to believe it is true; we are left wondering if we should be questioning what we have read. Chaucer the writer's craftsmanship and literary technique leave us no other option.

The Knight is portrayed as an ideal and perfect Knight. Chaucer the Pilgrim makes many moral judgements about the Knight in the General Prologue. He begins his description by saying that he was a "worthy man," and that "fro the time that he first bigan / To riden out, he loved ch

The General Prologue did precisely what Chaucer wanted it to. It acted as an opening for the reader to get to know the different characterizations of the pilgrims as seen by Chaucer the Pilgrim as well as giving a small understanding of each pilgrim's personalities. The openness of the language and the complicating idea of Chaucer the Pilgrim and Chaucer the writer as two separate identities raises many questions about the validity of what Chaucer the Pilgrim believes. However, the entire process only draws the reader further into the story and the quest for the truth. Chaucer, the Pilgrim and the Writer, just wanted to set the scene, make you think, and seek out the ending.

The last lines of the Knight's description are the most significant. Chaucer the Pilgrim says, "But for to tellen you of his array, / His hors were goode, but he was nat gay" (73-74). His horses were all dressed up in nice covers, but he was not brightly dressed. He was only wearing a tunic that was "al bismotered with his haubergeoun," or all rusted from wearing his coat of mail (76). Chaucer than continues to tell that he had recently come back from an expedition and came right to the journey for the pilgrimage they were all taking. This idea seems strange at well, that the Knight would keep his horses fully dressed and not even bother to change his rusted shirt. These lines are significant because they seem to act as a type of conclusion to all that the pilgrim Chaucer had said about the Knight. Instead of modesty it can be perceived by the reader as passive pride. It seems more conceited than humble.

However, the plugging doesn't stop there. Chaucer continues in his portrait by telling that the Knight has been in three "mortal batailes," tournaments fought to the death, and "ay (always) slain his fo" (61 & 63). The Knight also fought with other

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