1. SQUIRE’S TALE BY. JENNIFER G.12 The Canterbury Tale Assignment

2. Appearance & Descriptions • The knight’s son, about 20 years old • Ladies’ man • Handsome – Curly hair, strong and agile • Singing, playing the flute • Light-hearted, pleasant, talented • A fine horseman, know how to dance, joust, draw and write songs and poems.

3. General Prologue • The Squire’s portrait contains thematic meaning along with satire and irony. Many of these satire and ironic descriptions involves the comparison to the Knight. • Chaucer also mentions that the Squire had seen a little time in battle with the cavalry. • He was always serving the knight and had no time for sleep just like Florence Nightingale.

4. Squire’s tale - Prologue • This tale is one of several of the Canterbury Tales that is unfinished. • There is no prologue to the Tale, merely a short introduction (8 lines) that is clearly incomplete but which serves to indicate that the tale will be "somewhat of love“.

5. Squire’s tale - Summary • This tale is set in the court of the Tartar King, Cambuskan. He has two sons and a daughter named Canace. • On the twentieth anniversary of Cambuskan’s reign, he hosts huge feast. • During the feast, a strange knight came into the hall on a horse made of brass. • He holds a mirror in his hand, has a gold ring on his thumb, and a bare sword hanging by his side.

6. Squire’s tale - Summary • This strange knight gave Cambuskan a bronze horse that could transport a person anywhere in the world in only 24 hours. • He also gave a mirror that showed the entire truth. This tells whether an intending lover in true or false. • The ring enables the wearer to understand the speech of birds and also to know which plants will cure wounds.

7. Squire’s tale - Summary • The next morning, Canacehad a dream about the mirror. She takes a walk with the gold ring on her finger. • Canace found a lovesick lady falcon and brings it to home. • She cured the lady falcon with the ring. • Story interrupted by Franklin, the next storyteller.

8. Squire’s tale - Ending • The squire is a flowery young man and he uses very flowery language to tell his tale. • As indicated in the closing lines of the tale, there is a huge amount still to be told involving the other characters and magic items. • There is no way of knowing how the story would have developed, because there are no extant sources for it.

9. SOURCES • http://www.exampleessays.com/viewpaper/59793.html • http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/literature/The-Canterbury-Tales-Summary-and-Analysis-The-Squire-s-Prologue-and-Tale.id-52,pageNum-72.html • http://www.vschousboe.com/classes/englishIV/pdfs/The%20Canterbury%20Tales%20characters.pdf • http://www.helium.com/items/1287681-the-squires-tale-from-chaucers-canterbury-tales