<P> John Dryden translated this story to a more modern language in the style of his time . Dryden's book is entitled Palamon and Arcite and is longer than the original text due to Dryden's own poetic touches . </P> <P> In Alan Plater's 1975 TV series Trinity Tales the story is transformed into a competition between two young men for the attentions of a barmaid . </P> <P> The story is one of the tales that inspired the 2001 movie A Knight's Tale, in which Chaucer himself is one of the principal characters . </P> <P> Adapted for the BBC's Canterbury Tales in 2003, Palamon and Arcite were changed to Paul (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and Ace (John Simm), and the story moved to a modern prison setting where the two men battle for the attentions of a prison teacher named Emily (Keeley Hawes). </P>

The character of knight in the prologue to the canterbury tales