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The Knight's Tale Quote Analysis

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In The Canterbury Tales, “The Knight’s Tale” demonstrates the very same idea system from The Book of the Duchess. When Arcite and Palamon discover Emily while they are in prison, Arcite describes how “Fortune, ytunred thee the dys”(The Knight’s Tale, 1238) meaning that here Fortune represents good luck. Fortune who, according to Arcite, “hast the sighte of hire, and I th’abscence” (The Knight’s Tale, 1239) meaning that Fortune gave good luck to Palamon which allowed him to see Emily first makes that Arcite seems to despise Fortune. Palamon on the other hand questions “why pleynen folk so in commune on purveiaunce of God, or of Fortune” (The Knight’s Tale, 1251-1252) meaning that he wonders why people hate Fortune, because she does sometimes

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