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Synopsis. Two cousins and knights, Palamon and Arcite, are captured and imprisoned by Theseus, duke of Athens, after being found unconscious following his battle against Creon. Their cell sits in the tower of Theseus' castle, with a window which overlooks his palace garden.
‘The Knight’s Tale’: plot summary. The play is set in pagan (pre-Christian) times. Theseus, the duke of Athens, has just successfully defeated the Amazons, a caste of warrior queens, in battle and brought two of the women, Hippolyta and her sister Emelye, back to Athens with him. He forces Hippolyta to marry him.
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As for his Tale, the Knight tells a story following the lives of Arcite, Palamon and King Theseus who ruled Greece and the city of Athens. One day while riding, Theseus comes upon four women who are all grieving their husbands and their husbands’ improper burial.
The Knight’s Tale, one of the 24 stories in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. This chivalric romance was based on Giovanni Boccaccio ’s Teseida, and though it was not originally written as part of the Canterbury collection, Chaucer adapted it to fit the character of the Knight.
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Part I: Duke Theseus returns from overthrowing Scythia with his new wife, Hippolyta, and her sister, Emilie. Outside Athens, he meets a band of weeping women and learns that the tyrant Creon has murdered their husbands and dishonors the dead by leaving them unburied. Incensed, Theseus quickly overthrows Creon and restores the Theban dead to the ...
May 11, 2001 · A Knight's Tale: Directed by Brian Helgeland. With Heath Ledger, Rufus Sewell, Shannyn Sossamon, Paul Bettany. After his master dies, a peasant squire, fueled by his desire for food and glory, creates a new identity for himself as a knight.
