The Knight's Tale VS A Knight's Tale

    “The Knight’s Tale” from Geoffrey Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales” and the movie “A Knight’s Tale” are similar and different in some ways. The element of courtly love can be seen in both stories. In “The Knight’s Tale,” the two wounded warriors, which are Arcite and Palamon, are being captured by Theseus and put into prison. The two prisoners fall in love with Emelye, who is Theseus’s sister-in-law, and they decide to have a duel. Similarly, in “A Knight’s Tale,” William the peasant and Sir Adhemar are fond of the noble lady Jocelyn. William and Sir Adhemar also fight against each other in the jousting tournament. However, the class of William and Sir Adhemar is different from that of Arcite and Palamon. In “The Knight’s Tale,” there are three temples to the gods: Venus, the goddess of love; Mars, god of war; and Diana, goddess of chastity. Before the battle day, Palamon asks Venus to let him get the victory in the name of love, Emelye tells Diana the desire to remain a virgin, and Arcite begs Mars to win the tournament. In the end, Arcite wins the battle, but still unable to marry Emelye due to severe wounding caused by Saturn. Everybody in Athens mourns for Arcite’s death, especially Emelye and Palamon. Theseus couldn’t stand for their long grieving, and he requests them to cease mourning. In the end, Emelye and Palamon obey Theseus’s order and enjoy their happy marriage. In contrast, the movie doesn’t is without the praising part. In addition, William not only wins Jocelyn’s heart, but also the battle. Nevertheless, the endings for both stories are joyful ones, in which Palamon and Emelye, and William and Jocelyn live happily ever after.

Connection between the Pardoner and Lindsay Lohan

   The main reason I choose Lindsay Lohan as the best example to represent the Pardoner is they are both untrustworthy. Lindsay Lohan fails to keep her promise of not getting drunk every time, and the Pardoner did things controversy to his career. He sold indulgences and fake relics. Using his honey tongue, the Pardoner was able to make lots of money in a short time. Moreover, he kept the money he earned in his pocket rather than giving it to the church. Both Lindsay Lohan and the Pardoner are somewhat alike, in which they lie to people constantly.

Lindsay Lohan used to be one of the most popular Hollywood movie stars. However, her movie career is going downwards because of all her negative news. She is addicted to drug and alcohol. Once, she was drunk on whiskey while doing the drug tests! It’s hard for the public to give her one more chance because one day she might be saying under oath that she wouldn’t be drunk again, but photos of wild partying and drinking are seen at the newspaper on the next day. Because she was reluctant to change her unruly behavior, the judge declared her to go into the jail for 180 days.

    I think it is really sarcastic hearing her quote stating that she wants to have a healthy life, yet she still smokes, drinks, and taking drugs a lot. Thus, she is just destroying her body and ruining her bright future.