Emelye

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Emelye is a noblewoman of great beauty and virtue in Geoffrey Chaucer’s "The Knight’s Tale," whose love is contested by the knights Palamon and Arcite.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Emelye canonical 6

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
noblewoman ⓘ
appearsIn The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
The Knight’s Tale ⓘ
linked to: The Knight's Tale
associatedDeity Diana ⓘ
associatedWith Duke Theseus ⓘ
linked to: Theseus

Hippolyta ⓘ
linked to: Hippolita
centralConflictOf love triangle with Palamon and Arcite ⓘ
contrastedWith Mars ⓘ
Venus ⓘ
createdBy Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
describedAs beautiful ⓘ
noble ⓘ
virtuous ⓘ
expressesDesire to remain unmarried ⓘ
to serve Diana ⓘ
firstSeenBy Arcite from prison tower ⓘ
Palamon from prison tower ⓘ
forcedMarriageContext decided by Theseus ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
influencedBy Boccaccio’s Teseida (indirectly via Chaucer) ⓘ
languageOfWork Middle English ⓘ
literaryPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
literaryTradition courtly love tradition ⓘ
lovedBy Arcite ⓘ
Palamon ⓘ
marriageOutcome marries Palamon after Arcite’s death ⓘ
marriedTo Palamon ⓘ
medium poetry ⓘ
narrativeRole love interest of Palamon and Arcite ⓘ
object of chivalric contest ⓘ
nationalityInText Amazon ⓘ
participatesIn tournament arranged by Theseus ⓘ
partOf frame narrative of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
praysAt temple of Diana ⓘ
relativeOf Theseus ⓘ
relativeType sister-in-law of Theseus ⓘ
residesIn Athens ⓘ
roleInPlot motivates rivalry between Palamon and Arcite ⓘ
settingOfAppearance garden of Theseus’s palace ⓘ
themeInvolvement courtly love ⓘ
fate and providence ⓘ
free will ⓘ
workForm verse narrative ⓘ
workGenre chivalric narrative ⓘ
medieval romance ⓘ
worships Diana ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Palamon → fallsInLoveWith → Emelye ⓘ
Palamon → eventuallyMarries → Emelye ⓘ
Arcite → inLoveWith → Emelye ⓘ
Arcite → serves → Emelye ⓘ
Arcite → fightsFor → Emelye ⓘ