Essentially, the romantic ideals of protective knights and a beautiful woman are able to distract readers from the less-than-ideal treatment of Emily in which she is mostly ignored and forced into situations whether she likes it or not. Her own desires are placed after everyone else’s, but the tale is considered romantic on the surface nonetheless. However, the romance in the “Knight’s Tale” is counteracted by the fact that Emily does not truly want to marry either of the knights (The Knight’s Tale 2304-2305). The tale is set up to be rather romantic-two men fighting to the death for a woman’s love has often been considered an act of pure devotion. They function in their own world of fantasized love before Emily even knows they exist, and they do not honestly consider the situation from her point of view. When discussing the “Knight’s Tale”, however, some would argue that the knights, Arcite and Palamon, do not necessarily exhibit these traits, as they are not very considerate of the object of their affections, Emily. Throughout history, people have viewed knights in literature as chivalrous and noble men. I will focus primarily on the “Knight’s Tale” in light of how less than perfect ideas of love continue to be romanticized in today’s literature. Tropes like these should be reevaluated, or, at the very least, people should not be persuaded into believing that such tropes truly demonstrate an ideal form of love. People are slowly made to believe that possessive and jealous lovers are attractive, or that self-loathing is sexy. When these stories are written in ways that highlight a daring romance while ignoring the problematic parts of relationships, people are presented with a warped view of love.
Unfortunately, these types of stories are often glorified in a way that can be harmful. However, such fantasies have always existed in people’s minds-several stories in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales even demonstrate these ideas. Many novels that are popular today contain a chaotic love triangle or dramatic tale of love. Life is not typically filled with love that takes people on an actual journey across the world and back, and the fantastic escapades that occur in literature and film are not common occurrences in the real world. In other words, wild and adventurous love stories tend to garner more attention than timid, mundane ones. However, artists from every specialty tend to exaggerate it in order to make it more exciting for their audiences.
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