A Comparison Of The Knight And The Squire In Chaucers The Canterbury Es

In the medieval period that is exposit by Chaucers Canterbury Tales,chivalry was perhaps the most recognized quality of a unfeigned gentleman. Thisquality is explored in Chaucers two characters of the warrior class, the knight and the Squire. The squire is the password of the Knight both ridegallantly and have the air of true gentleman warriors. However, the two arevery dissimilar despite their appearances. The Knight possesses the truequalities of chivalry, devotion to service, constancy in humility, andhonesty. The Squire possesses none of these qualities really instead hisdemeanor is one that is little honorable and virtuous. Although both takethe same vocation, the Squire and the Knight display contradicting attitudesin respect to dedication, significant possessions, and sincerity.The main point in the description of the Knight was the abundance and splendour of his battles, while it was the least mentioned aspect in theSquire. The entirety of the Squires military last i s named in twolines, "he had seen just about service with the cavalry/ If Flanders and Artoisand Picardy," maybe a direct consequence of the Squires youth (5). Thelist of the Knights battles clearly dominates the text of his description,running many lines. He had embarked ".along the Mediterranean coast" tosuch places as Alexandria, Lithuania, Russia, Granada, Algeciras, NorthAfrica, Benamarin, Anatolia, Ayas, and Attalia (4). Not only were thebattles of the knight more numerous, they were more broad and requiredlengthy travels to far-away lands. The Squire had "done valiantly in shrimpyspace" in these battles, unless had not distinguished himself from his peers.This is implied when it is said that he had only seen "some service with thecavalry" (5).The Squire had pursued no noteworthy errands in the interest of chivalrylike his father. The "distinguished knight", on the other hand, was verychivalrous because of his unconditional dedicatio n (4). He had been in"fifteen mortal battles" and "always killed his men" which supports that heis affiliated to his work, as opposed to the Squire, who possessed adistracted attitude (4). "He could make sons and poems and recite, / Knewhow to joust and dance, to draw and write" and so has focused his sequence andenergy to many other things (5). The S... ...agility", he did not use it to the full phase of the moon extent that his fatherused his own. In all aspects, in equation with his own contradictorybehavior, and in comparison with the Knights behavior, the Squire is shownto be less than sincere in his chivalry.The Knight and the Squire have distinctly diametrical attitudes towards theirvocation. As a result, they are complementing protrudes of the medievalwarrior. The Knight is the romantic image that all true knights aspire to,generously practicing such chivalrous qualities as dedication, humility, andsincerity. Contrasting this, however, is t he image depicted by the Squire,that of an imperfect knight who was to some degree boastful, lusting, orsuperficial. The Squire was never directly criticized by Chaucer, but theimplications that resulted from the description amounted to an extravagant,un-chivalrous image, perhaps a reflection of the actual knights of Chaucersday. Therefore, Chaucer was not only when comparing two knights and definingthe virtues that comprised chivalry, but on a large scale was revealing thecorruption ofhumanity by comparing the variety between the realities of our humanitywith the ideal of perfection.