Palamon

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Palamon is a character from Geoffrey Chaucer’s "The Knight’s Tale," depicted as one of two Theban knights who fall in love with the same woman, Emelye.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Theban knight
fictional character
knight
literary character
adaptedBy John Fletcher NERFINISHED
William Shakespeare NERFINISHED
appearsIn The Canterbury Tales NERFINISHED
The Knight's Tale NERFINISHED
appearsInManuscript Ellesmere Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales NERFINISHED
associatedWithPlanet Venus NERFINISHED
conflictType love triangle
countryOfOrigin Thebes NERFINISHED
createdBy Geoffrey Chaucer NERFINISHED
eventuallyMarries Emelye NERFINISHED
fallsInLoveWith Emelye NERFINISHED
firstSeesEmelyeFrom prison tower
genreOfWork chivalric romance
courtly love narrative
hasAdaptation The Two Noble Kinsmen NERFINISHED
hasRelative Arcite NERFINISHED
imprisonedBy Theseus NERFINISHED
imprisonedWith Arcite NERFINISHED
languageOfWork Middle English
literaryPeriod Middle Ages NERFINISHED
moralQualityEmphasized honor
loyalty
steadfastness
narrativeRole protagonist
romantic hero
opponentInTournament Arcite NERFINISHED
originalTextTitle The Knightes Tale NERFINISHED
originalWorkForm verse narrative
participatesIn tournament for Emelye
patronDeityInTournament Venus NERFINISHED
relationshipToArcite cousin
friend
rivalInLoveWith Arcite NERFINISHED
roleInAdaptation title character in The Two Noble Kinsmen
settingCity Athens NERFINISHED
settingOfStory ancient Greece NERFINISHED
themeAssociated chivalry
courtly love
fate and fortune
rivalry
workAuthorNationality English
workPartOf The Canterbury Tales NERFINISHED

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Palamon hasNameForm Palamon