Young, brave Sir Thopas is a knight in both the literal springtime and the figurative spring of his life, as he is just starting forth on all his adventures. Although he is chaste, he is full of lust and zest for conquest in both love and battle. With his sweet tooth and his fashionable attire, Sir Thopas resembles the Squire.
Sir Thopas Quotes in The Canterbury Tales
The The Canterbury Tales quotes below are all either spoken by Sir Thopas or refer to Sir Thopas. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Sir Thopas Character Timeline in The Canterbury Tales
The timeline below shows where the character Sir Thopas appears in The Canterbury Tales. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
The Tale of Sir Thopas
Chaucer’s Tale of Sir Thopas is told in a thumping rhyme scheme and song-like meter. Fair Sir Thopas, says Chaucer,...
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Sir Thopas goes out riding with his sword by his side one day in springtime, when all...
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Sir Thopas dreams of an elf-queen who will be his mistress, since no earthly woman is worthy...
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Chaucer describes in great detail Sir Thopas’s preparations for battle. First, he eats sweets, and then he puts on layer after layer...
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...Chaucer, listen to my story! Men speak of all the knights of Arthurian legend, but Sir Thopas is the most chivalrous of all. He has so many adventures that he barely ever...
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