Before falling asleep, the dreamer read the story of Seys and Alcyone, which is also a story of grief caused by the loss of a loved one. Comparing this story to that of the knight, the knight has much more in common with Alcyone, a woman, than with Seys the king. Alcyone succumbs to the grief she feels following Seys' death after a period of great distress. The comparison between these two characters feminizes the Knight because he is compared to Alcyone, who experiences “normal” sadness as a woman in this situation. She is expected to grieve outwardly, freer to express her emotions because she is a woman. As a man, the knight must be strong and composed, two traits of a “traditional” man. The Knight also states throughout his description and elegy of Whyte that she was everything to him. As a knight (and perhaps even of the English Prince John of Gaunt (Chaucer 17)), he should have other important and promising prospects that would make him want to continue living. However, the knight speaks of ending his life, to which the dreamer responds: "And you, through grief, have bitten yourself, / You must be wet in that case" (Chaucer 724-725). The dreamer continues after this line to speak of several women and a man who ended their lives because they had somehow lost their lovers (726-739). Once again the dreamer compares the knight to women.,