One of the striking differences between Knyghts Tale and Millers Tale (which is supposed to "come out" of Knyghts Tale) is that of clothing (the first tale) and lack of clothing (in the latter). Upon inspection of the Knight's description in the General Prologue, I discovered that clothing is a very significant part of the Knight's Tale. Chaucer's description of him may overshadow (or, since Chaucer wrote the tales after they were told, color his perception of the Knight) the importance of clothing in the Knight's Tale. Particular attention is paid to the knight's chain mail. "He was a true knight, parfit gentil. But to tell you about his deployment, his horses were good, but he was not gay. Of fustian he was a bismotate gyponAl with his habergeon, because he had returned late from his journey, and had gone to make his pilgrimage." (lines I [A] 72-78). The rust-stained chain mail is indicative that his armor was worn, perhaps truly useless, and only serves to weigh him down. The idea of ​​an artifice such as armor or clothing that is designed to protect but later becomes a worn-out, useless, constraining, and ultimately harmful object echoes throughout the tale. Chaucer may have satirized the romantic tale rather than glorified it by copying it. Of Romances (more specifically, The Knyghts Tale), Finlayson wrote "A chief characteristic of the romance is its formalism of language, gesture and story, what might be considered its deliberate exclusion of naturalism." (page 130). Formal language is a form of dress, an ornament. The naturalism that is missing from the Knights Tale is certainly found in Miller's fabliaux with its frequent descriptions of nudity. The nudity in Miller's story is almost a we... middle of paper... his hand in marriage. Finally Palamon takes her hand. And finally, flesh touches flesh. The ending is appropriate, because only by stripping away the artifices that bind can one become happy. Perhaps the Knight wishes to shed his armor, because it is an obstacle for him too with the rust that colors his clothes. The Miller, in the next story, goes to the extreme of stripping off his clothes, which, as we will read later, also has its dangers. Works Cited Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales. Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces. Ed Mack, Maynard et al. W. W. Norton and Co. New York, NY. 1992.Finlayson, John. "The Knights Tale: the dialogue between romance, epic and philosophy". The Chaucer Review: a journal of medieval studies and literary criticism. and. Frank, Robert W., Pennsylvania State Press, University Park, Pennsylvania. vol. 27 no. 2. 1992. 126-149. Chaucer on the riverbank