The roles of women in medieval times was not always accurately portrayed in the Knight's Tale. The Knight's tale gave some insight into the roles of women, but did not go in depth. There were many details that were glossed over to make the movie more lighthearted and less dark. A Knight’s Tale tried to show the inequalities that faced woman in medieval society, but ended up having them treated pretty fairly. Like Jocelyn wasn’t treated too badly compared if this was actual medieval times. There were only a few instances that Jocelyn was really treated any different than William. Well not including all the things that Adhemar said about her, but other than him she was treated as an equal for the most part. There was situations like in the
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An example would be the scene where Jocelyn yelled at the man that shushed her. That would have provoked him to have probably hit her for talking back. She also wouldn’t be bossing William around like in the movie. He would have had control over the relationship and not allowed her shenanigans. There is also the fact that Mr. Badguy Adhemar would have not been the bad guy in real life. His class plus the honors he had gained would probably have made him a better suitor than William. Adhemar’s view of women would have also been the norm in medieval society and wouldn’t have seemed wrong. In medieval society, men saw women as property and they also treated them that way. A woman who didn’t have a man with her wouldn’t be able to make it anywhere in the world. The woman was only seen as extensions to a man and not their own self. That is why Kate being an independent blacksmith was a far stretch for the times. She would not have been able to make her own business or run it for any amount of time. She would have had to work for a man and would have never made it past there. Skill, resolve, or hard work wouldn’t have mattered because she wouldn’t have any customers. If she did, though Kate would have needed to drop her prices really low because people wouldn’t pay anywhere near top dollar for her products. That alone would have sent her out of business. Kate also was somehow able to become a blacksmith. Blacksmithing was not a woman’s job and no one would have taught her how. So it was very implausible that she would have become an even decent
An example would be the scene where Jocelyn yelled at the man that shushed her. That would have provoked him to have probably hit her for talking back. She also wouldn’t be bossing William around like in the movie. He would have had control over the relationship and not allowed her shenanigans. There is also the fact that Mr. Badguy Adhemar would have not been the bad guy in real life. His class plus the honors he had gained would probably have made him a better suitor than William. Adhemar’s view of women would have also been the norm in medieval society and wouldn’t have seemed wrong. In medieval society, men saw women as property and they also treated them that way. A woman who didn’t have a man with her wouldn’t be able to make it anywhere in the world. The woman was only seen as extensions to a man and not their own self. That is why Kate being an independent blacksmith was a far stretch for the times. She would not have been able to make her own business or run it for any amount of time. She would have had to work for a man and would have never made it past there. Skill, resolve, or hard work wouldn’t have mattered because she wouldn’t have any customers. If she did, though Kate would have needed to drop her prices really low because people wouldn’t pay anywhere near top dollar for her products. That alone would have sent her out of business. Kate also was somehow able to become a blacksmith. Blacksmithing was not a woman’s job and no one would have taught her how. So it was very implausible that she would have become an even decent