She did not have enough money to live on so she need helped from others in life. Nothing was permitted to come between her
1 - gain audience's sympathy
2 - appeal to audience's logical sense
3 - to refute any argument for reconciliation
4 - to show willingness to defend
The first pilgrim Chaucer describes in the General Prologue, and the teller of the first tale. The Knight represents the ideal of a medieval Christian man-at-arms. He has participated in no less than fifteen of the great crusades of his era. Brave, experienced, and prudent, the narrator greatly admires him.
