Arrogance In The Knight's Tale

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Canterbury Tales In “The Knight’s Tale,” two knights, Palamon and Arcite, are captured by the enemy and are taken away to prison. One day, while in their prison cell, Arcite and Palamon, who are practically brothers, end up becoming worst enemies all because of a girl named Emily. The two knights see the beautiful woman and fight for whose spouse she will be. In The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer employs arrogance/jealousy traits, desiring beauty over having liberty, and a biblical allusion in order to portray the impact a woman’s beauty can have on men. Emily’s beauty makes Palamon more envious than ever. Palamon says he doesn’t “know if she’s a woman or a goddess, but truly it is Venus [he] would guess” (1103). Then, when Arcite comments