The Knight's Interruption of the "Monk's Tale."

Description: Explores the implications of the Knight's "cutting short" of the MkT, contrasting the characterizations of the two pilgrims, describing the Monk as "comic imitation of knighthood," and observing contrasts and parallels in the wording, details, and motifs of the GP descriptions of the two pilgrims. Also contrasts the psychological and philosophical limitations of the Monk's narratives and the Knight's sophisticated understanding of Boethian fortune that is reflected in his own tale and in his interruption—sophistication that the Host lacks when he agrees with the Knight.