Seven Deadly Sins In The Knight's Tale

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When Chaucer shared his tales for everyone to read, people began to notice the theme from tales had many similarities. These themes were known as the “seven deadly sins”. From many different themes such as pride, envy, greed, lust, and anger, and from the many different tales he wrote, the one that could possibly catch the reader's eye the most was the “Chaucer’s Knight’s Tale”. The “Chaucer’s Knight’s Tale” was a tale about these two brothers who fought over a girl because they were in love with her. With this in mind, the Chaucer’s Knight’s Tale had the theme of lust and anger because of the characters actions. To begin with, one of the themes in this tale was lust. The reason being is because both of the brothers fell in love with

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