Compare the Role of Gods in Canturbury Tales (The Kinghts Tale) & The Aneied Compare the role of Gods in both The Canturbury Tales & The Aeneid¦ Attached is a Annotated Bib thats incomplete but you will get the general Idea.. On that Annotated Bib there is a couple of sources that say JSTOR, These are critical texts regarding the topic, Annotated Bibliography The Knights Tale (Canterbury Tales) Chaucer, Geoffrey. œThe Knights Tale. The Riverside Chaucer.Comp. Larry Dean Benson. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1988. N. pag. Print. This is the newest edition of Chaucerâ⚬➢s Canterbury tales that replaces Fred Norrisâ⚬➢s The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer that was published back in 1933. I will be observing the role of gods in the story â⚬ŜThe Knights Taleâ⚬ located in book 1& comparing them to those in The Aeneid. The Aeneid Virgil, and Robert Fitzgerald. The Aeneid. New York: Random House, 1983. Print. The Aeneid is aepic Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC. I will be comparing the role of the gods in this poem with the ones portrayed in Chaucerâ⚬➢s The Knights Tale (Canterbury Tales). Matthaei, Louise E. œThe Fates, the Gods, and the Freedom of Man’s Will in the Aeneid. The Classical Quarterly 11.01 (1917): 11-26. Print. This text is applicable to the theme because it further explains Virgilâ⚬➢s use of godâ⚬➢s and what role do they play in regards to Aeneasâ⚬➢s as well as the other main characters fate. It also highlights the opposition between gods and how that could affect the mortals fate. Coleman, Robert. œGreece & Rome. The Gods in the ˜Aeneid’ 2nd ser. 29.2 (1982): 143-68. JSTOR.Web. This text is applicable to the theme because it touches on how the gods in The Aenedâ⚬➢sintervened in Aeneasâ⚬➢s quest by manipulating the landscape and weather elements. Foster, Edward E. œHumor in the œKnight’s Tale The Chaucer Review 3.2 (1968): 88-94. JSTOR.Web. 14 Sept. 2013. The Text is not applicable to the Theme, but it does highlight the one of lostideals of the 14th century ; humor. The text talks about how Chaucer uses puns on œqueinte and œharneysâ⚬ toadd a sense of reality to the idealism of the Knight’s notions of love. Gaylord, Alan T. œThe Role of Saturn in the œKnight’s Tale The Chaucer Review 8.3 (1974): 171-90. JSTOR.Web. 14 Sept. 2013. This text dives into the role of Saturn and how he is neither the thematic key nor the structural pivot of the poem but how he represents Free will, destiny and love. Elbow, Peter H. œHow Chaucer Transcends Oppositions in the œKnight’s Tale The Chaucer Review 7.2 (1972): 97-112. JSTOR.Web. The text explains how Chaucer goes out of his way to make it seem that neither cousin is more worthy of Emelye than the other. He also references the opposition between Saturn and Theseus.