The Role Of Knights In The Canterbury Tales

When you think of a warrior, you think of someone who is brave, strong, and dressed in full, heavy armor. You think of someone who is determined and ready to go out and defeat anyone to protect their liberties. In Canterbury Tales, Chaucer describes a medieval knight as someone who overcomes many obstacles in order to become the warrior he is. Knights are a part of the medieval times, and no other name but “knight” can be used to identify them. To become a knight, you had to begin training while you were young. Knights were sent away from their families to start on their knighthood training. After training, in the medieval times, to be a knight your profession was to be chivalrous and brave; a gentleman willing to defend those in need. Knights have many responsibilities to do. They are responsible to guard the castle for their kings and defeat anyone who could bring harm to their leader. As described in the Canterbury Tales they did this with “truth, honor and generousness” (Chaucer146). Knights are extremely brave and are sometimes forced to ride into battle just to fight for their king and kingdom. They do this to show loyalty and obedience to their leaders. …show more content…
Our soldiers represent our knights from the medieval period. The soldiers today were much like the knights then, they, too, are sent away from their families and friends to train and to help out the president and serve their country much like the knights defending their kingdom. To the soldiers, the president is like the king for our country. Knights and soldiers have the same responsibilities in regards to their leaders and keep them protected and safe under all circumstances. Both the knight and the modern soldier have to be brave when it comes to going into war to fight for their