Arcite at Court
- Author / Editor
- Green, Richard Firth.
Arcite at Court
- Published
- English Language Notes 18 (1981): 251-57.
- Description
- Chaucer's digression from Boccaccio concerning Arcite's career at court should be interpreted not biographically but rather in the context of the career of Havelock the Dane. Both tales show the social stigma of being a page; Arcite's role emphasizes his subservience to love, and his rise to squire idealizes the Athenian court, where true merit is rewarded.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Knight and His Tale.
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.