Dramatic Irony In The Knight's Tale

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The Knight’s Tale
From the prologue, we learn that the Knight is very noble and embodies military prowess, honesty, honor, generosity, and good manners. He is filled with humility and he doesn’t participate in quarreling or complaining. The Knight conducts himself in a polite and mild fashion, never saying an unkind word about anyone. Although he has distinguished himself several times in battle, he never talks about his brave and valorous deeds. He is completely satisfied with his station in life and is courteous to the other pilgrims without becoming friendly with them. Everyone on the pilgrimage looks up to him because he is the most prestigious on the journey.
The Knight’s tale begins with two knights, Palamon, and Arcite, who have been …show more content…
Also in the Knight’s story, inmates Arcite and Palamon love Emily but hate each other. Dramatic irony occurs after Arcite’s prison release when he works in disguise for Emily's family. Then Palamon escapes the jail and finds Arcite and Emily property. The two men pray to Greek gods for Emily's love and hand in marriage, but Emily secretly prays to stay single until she finds true love. The dramatic irony used in the Knight’s tale is Chaucer’s way of pointing out that life is unpredictable, isn’t fair and comes with joys and sorrows. There is also situational irony in the story when Arcite gets to get married to Emily and then he ends up dying. The irony is that the two knights both wanted Emily and in the end, instead of only one of them getting to have her, they both get to have her. This story also has verbal irony when the two knights say that they are going to have an argument about who gets Emily, but then decide against it, however, years later they actually do have an argument and a duel over who gets to marry Emily. This story can relate to the story of the Miller’s Tale because in the Miller’s tale there are two men who are fighting for the love of another, except this woman is married. There is irony in both of these stories because one of the lovers deceives the
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