1. Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales by Nick Bresnahan

2. The Knight
“There was a Knight, a most distinguished man, who from the day on which he first began to ride abroad had followed chivalry, truth, honor, generousness and courtesy.”
Line 43-46

3. Knight Description Indirect Characterization
“There was a knight, a most distinguished man…” Line 43
“And though so much distinguished, he was wise…” Line 70
“He was a true, a perfect gentle-knight.” Line 74
“…he was not gaily dressed.” Line 75
“ He wore a fustian tunic stained and dark with smudges where his armor had left mark…” Lines 75-76
“He never yet a boorish thing had said…” Line 72

4. Fustian

5. The actor most suitable to playing him
would be…

6. Gerard Butler
He has experience playing medieval characters from his roles in “300” and “Beowulf and Grendel.”
He is distinguished.
He is of Scottish decent.

7. Gerard Butler

8. The End