Among all the group of elites in the ruling and clergy classes, the knight best represents the ruling class in terms of wealth, power, and humanity. In the Canterbury tales, the knight is a representative who belongs in the high class of nobles. The narrator himself describes the knight and places him on top of the pyramid of the social classes when he states, “Were it by aventure, or sort, or cas, The sothe is this, the cut fil to the Knight”(General Prologue 344 – 345). The knight meets all of the expectations of a character that belongs in the ruling class. For example, he well fits his social class because he is considered a hero and a genuinely nice guy. He has never hurt anyone’s feeling by using harsh words or behaving in a manner that
