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Italo Calvino's use of a suit of armor in "The Non-Existent Knight" to satirize the conventional portrayal of a medieval knight.
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... Italo Calvino's use of a suit of armor in "The Non-Existent Knight" to satirize the conventional portrayal of a medieval knight. "The Non-Existent Knight", by Calvino, is a short story which features Agilulf, a knight who purportedly does not possess a human body, yet is able to exist as a suit of armor amalgamated with 'will power' and 'faith'.1 Even though Agilulf is devoid of a human body, he is well respected and revered, and is viewed by compatriots as a superior knight. In this way, Calvino utilizes Agilulf's suit of armor as a focal point from which to express the imperfection of knights. As knights tend to be portrayed as flawless and ideal characters in literature, the author seems to be attempting to offer a more realistic depiction of knights. The features of a knight which are satirized include the exaggerated honor, strength and romance that society believes they
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