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The Knight's Tale

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The beginning of The Knight’s Tale is a story about two cousins who fell in love with the same woman. Palamon and Arcite were prisoners of Theseus, the king of Athens. On a beautiful spring morning in May Palamon woke up early and saw a beautiful woman named Emily. Emily was Athens’s princess. When Palamon woke his cousin, he also fell in love with Emily. The two argued over who loved Emily more justly.

One day a mutual friend of Theseus and Arcite visited the Athens. He asked the king to release Arcite and so Arcite was released. He was warned, though, that should he ever return to Athens, he would be executed. So Arcite left but became very sad because he could no longer see the woman he loved. A few years pass and Hermes tells Arcite to

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