Sir Thopas: The Puppet's Puppet

Author / Editor
Haskell, Ann S.

Title
Sir Thopas: The Puppet's Puppet

Published
Chaucer Review 9 (1975): 253-61.

Description
Because the description of Sir Thopas underscores his artificiality and contains references to puppetry, the knight may be viewed as a puppet of Chaucer-Pilgrim, himself a puppet manipulated by Chaucer-Poet. This metaphor clarifies the operation of multiple Chaucerian selves and suggest Chaucer's sombre view of fate

Chaucer Subjects
Tale of Sir Thopas.