World Views and Human Power: The Four Phases of Chaucer's 'Knight's Tale'

Description: KnT explores four hypothetical world views: the world ruled by Fortune, exemplified by Theseus and the Theban widows; man bewailing his helplessness, Palamon and Arcite in prison; man attempting to control social disorder, the tournament; man controlling his reactions to Fortune, the marriage of Palamon and Emelye.