What do you believe is the ‘moral’ or ‘lesson’ of the story the Knight’s Tale?
Palamon and Arcite are quite similar, and neither one seems to have the stronger claim on Emelye. The main theme of the tale is the instability of human life—joy and suffering are never far apart from one another, and nobody is safe from disaster. Moreover, when one person's fortunes are up, another person's are down.
