A Comparison Of The Knight And The Squire In Chaucers The Canterbury Es

In the medieval period that is described by Chaucers Canterbury Tales,chivalry was possibly the most recognized quality of a true gentleman. Thisquality is explored in Chaucers two characters of the warrior class, the horse cavalry and the dandy. The squire is the son of the horse cavalry both movementgallantly and have the air of true gentleman warriors. However, the two argon very(prenominal) dissimilar despite their appearances. The Knight possesses the truequalities of chivalry, devotion to receipts, exertion in humility, andh singlesty. The dude possesses none of these qualities truly instead hisdemeanor is one that is less honorable and virtuous. Although both claimthe same vocation, the Squire and the Knight display contradicting attitudesin respect to dedication, material possessions, and sincerity.The main point in the description of the Knight was the abundance andimportance of his battles, while it was the least mentioned purview in theSquire. The entirety of the Squires military experience is named in twolines, "he had seen some service with the cavalry/ If Flanders and Artoisand Picardy," perchance a direct present moment of the Squires youth (5). Thelist of the Knights battles clearly dominates the text of his description,running many lines. He had embarked ".along the Mediterranean coast" tosuch places as Alexandria, Lithuania, Russia, Granada, Algeciras, NorthAfrica, Benamarin, Anatolia, Ayas, and Attalia (4). Not nevertheless were thebattles of the knight more numerous, they were more extensive and requiredlengthy travels to far-away lands. The Squire had "done valiantly in littlespace" in these battles, and had not distinguished himself from his peers.This is implied when it is said that he had only seen "some service with thecavalry" (5).The Squire had pursued no noteworthy errands in the refer of chivalrylike his father. The "distinguished knight", on the another(prenominal) hand, was ver ychivalrous because of his unconditional dedication (4). He had been in"fifteen deathly battles" and "always killed his men" which supports that heis committed to his work, as opposed to the Squire, who possess adistracted attitude (4). "He could make sons and poems and recite, / Knewhow to joust and dance, to claw and write" and so has foc utilize his time andenergy to many other things (5). The S... ...agility", he did not use it to the full extent that his fatherused his own. In all aspects, in comparison with his own contradictorybehavior, and in comparison with the Knights behavior, the Squire is shownto be less than sincere in his chivalry.The Knight and the Squire have distinctly different attitudes towards theirvocation. As a result, they argon complementing images of the medievalwarrior. The Knight is the romantic image that all true knights calculate to,generously practicing such chivalrous qualities as dedication, humility, andsincerity. Co ntrasting this, however, is the image visualised by the Squire,that of an imperfect knight who was to some degree boastful, lusting, orsuperficial. The Squire was never directly criticized by Chaucer, but theimplications that resulted from the description amounted to an extravagant,un-chivalrous image, perhaps a reflection of the actual knights of Chaucersday. Therefore, Chaucer was not merely comparing two knights and delineatethe virtues that comprised chivalry, but on a bigger scale was revealing the depravity ofhumanity by comparing the difference between the realities of our humanitywith the precedent of perfection.