Theseus in 'The Knight's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Yamanaka, Toshio.
Theseus in 'The Knight's Tale'
- Published
- Sophia English Studies 4 (1979): 11-22.
- Description
- The keywords to determine Theseus's roles in KnT are "lord," "governour," "conquerour," "hunter," "servant," and "judge." Theseus is analogous to Mars, Venus, and Diana, as "conquerour," "servant," and "hunter," symbolized in his construction of the three temples.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Knight and His Tale.