Theseus proposes a formal tournament in one year with each knight supported by one hundred knights. The winner of the joust will get the hand of Emilie. Theseus welcomes them all and entertains them in high fashion.
On the evening before the battle, Palamon, Emilie, and Arcite pray. Palamon prays to Venus, goddess of love; Emilie prays to Diana, goddess of chastity; and Arcite prays to Mars, god of war.
All receive a vision indicating that their prayers will be answered. The three prayers and resulting promises cause confusion in heaven until Saturn, god of destiny, promises that Palamon will win his love and Arcite will win the battle. Part IV: The battle begins, and after much pageantry and heroic fighting, Palamon is badly wounded and taken from the field.
Arcite is declared the winner. Saturn sends a fury from Pluto to make Arcite's horse shy. Wounded, Arcite is carried to Theseus' palace.
As he lies dying, Arcite acknowledges that he knows no person better than Palamon and begs Emilie to accept Palamon as her husband. Arcite dies and Theseus arranges a great funeral for him. After a long period of mourning, Palamon and Emilie are married and live out their lives in "a love unbroken. Part I: The Knight's Tale perfectly fits the Knight himself: That is, he chooses a story filled with knights, love, honor, chivalry, and adventure.
The emphasis in the story is upon rules of honor and proper conduct. Theseus, like the Knight himself, is an embodiment of the ideal Human Justice — reason. Theseus' two recent wars — first with the Amazons, a band of fierce women warriors ruled by Hyppolyta, and then with Creon, an unyielding tyrant — focus attention on two different kinds of social disorder. Amazon society is basically good but needs the rule of male rationality. A female ruler, such as Hippolyta characterized as "faire" and "hardy" , represents social disorder.
Theseus characterized by "wisdom" and "Chivalry" rules over Athens, the center of learning and justice, and thus he must subdue Hippolyta. Creon's tyranny, on the other hand, represents a worse form of social disorder: Creon's base lower nature filled with anger and iniquity has usurped the place of his reason. The two wars are also significant in another way. They show the ideal knight's relationship with women. Theseus first conquers and chastises and then marries and rules Hippolyta.
Then later, in his battle with Creon, he lends his masculine strength to the women of Thebes who cannot help themselves. The scene between Arcite and Palamon when they see Emilie walking in the garden below their locked tower prison is one of the most lyrical and elevated scenes in all the Tales. During his victory ride, a freak earthquake causes Arcite to tumble from his horse and injure himself badly. Arcite dies with Palamon and Emily at his bedside, commending Palamon to Emily as a husband.
Palamon's Timeline Theseus's heralds pluck Palamon's half-dead body from a pile after Theseus's battle with Thebes. Theseus imprisons Palamon without ransom in a prison adjoining his garden. Palamon sees Emily out picking flowers in the garden one day and immediately falls hopelessly in love with her, rejecting his oath of sworn brotherhood to Arcite in order to pursue Emily simultaneously with him. After Arcite is released, Palamon curses his own fate, convinced that Arcite has a better chance of winning Emily now.
After seven years in prison, Palamon manages to escape by drugging a guard. He hides in a grove during the day to wait for nightfall, when he plans to make his escape from Athens. In the grove, Palamon overhears Arcite's lament for Emily, and leaps out in anger. Both acts take place in the month of May. Popular pages: The Canterbury Tales. Take a Study Break. Theseus granted permission for their wedding. Played 0 times. Print Share Edit Delete Report an issue.
Live Game Live. Finish Editing. This quiz is incomplete! To play this quiz, please finish editing it. Delete Quiz. Question 1. How did Arcite and Palamon become Theseus's prisoners? He caught them spying on Emily and sent them to the tower as punishment. About what did Arcite and Palamon argue in the tower when they were prisoners?
Who would get out first. Who was the braver knight. Who would marry Emily. Whose fault it was that they were in prison. Why was Arcite released from prison? The Queen and Emily pleaded on his behalf to Theseus. He was sick and needed treatment. Duke of Thebes pleaded for Theseus to let him go.
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