The Knight's Tale Character Analysis

In The Knight's Tale there are many different ways that future takes a role in the plot of this particular tale. It starts out with Theseus overthrowing different groups and people and he then returns to his home with his new queen hippolyta and her sister Emily. While heading back he sees women crying and stops to ask them why they were in so much distress. They then reply by saying that Creon has killed their husbands and that he will not let them bury them which was a big deal back then for these people. So Theseus decides to take matters into his own hands and beats Creon in a battle. Then his men find Palamon and Arcite which were knights and decides to imprison them with no hope of ever getting out at all. At this point fate took a toll …show more content…
So we first see Emily from Palamons point of view through a window. Although she is what both Palamon and Arcite desire most at this point in there lives , she would rather spend her life unmarried and childless. She had no desire to be married off or to be tried and be won by noble or non-noble men. So the evening before the tournament she also prays to a goddess. She prays to the goddess Diana who is the god of chastity. Emily asks the goddess of Diana if she can be chastity for her whole life but when Arcite wins the tournament she has to pledge herself to him.Which at this moment it looks like fate is not in her favor. Diana didn’t have a lot of power so she couldn’t see it through. She did see it through for a year more though because she was allowed a grieving period even though she didn’t really know him. So fate still did change slightly and give Emily what she wanted for a little while longer but a little while longer is better than nothing at all. The idea of fate changes here because they thought the marriage would be right away and it turned out the marriage did not take place for a year because of the grieving period given to Emily by the death of the man that should of been her