Romance, Bravery, And Social Class In A Knight's Tale

The three themes that jumped out at me in “A Knight's Tale” were the themes of romance, bravery, and social class. William and Jocelyn represent of the theme of romance. From the moment William saw Jocelyn he was enticed. When he first talked to her, she didn’t tell him her name. From that point on he made it his goal to have her tell him her name. Over the course of the movie he finds out that she is interested in a man named “Adhemar”. William’s villain in the movie that is planning to ask Jocelyn’s father for her hand in marriage. When it was his time to face Adhemar, Jocelyn told him to lose. So he would prove that he would even loose for her, whereas other knights wouldn’t lose for her love. William was losing up until the last round …show more content…
There are a lot of very apparent archetypes in the movie. The first being, the hero, William. William is brave, has a humble upbringing, and fought for love. William is brave because he chose to joust for his dead master. Both of his friends wouldn’t joust, showing that William is braver than the average man of his time. You can’t talk about “A Knight's Tale” without talking about William’s humble upbringing. He went from living the life of a peasant to living the life of a knight. Lastly, he fought for his love, Jocelyn. He jousted over and over again trying to impress her and it worked.
The next apparent archetype in “A Knight's Tale” is the temptress, being none other than Jocelyn. From the second William meets Jocelyn she tempts him. He follows her all the way into the church just for her to not tell him her name. As I said before, this only makes him more interested. He finds her at a dance and she lets him dance with her. The same night she walks into his tent and they have a “moment”. She seduces him into wanting to lose the joust the next day for her love. He is following through until the last round of the joust when she asks him to set himself apart from all the other knights that have confessed their love to her and win for her. She plays with his mind and does it well, he fell …show more content…
Sir Gawain is both protecting the lorde and proving that he as a knight can do his job in front of the dinner party. William is trying to prove both in his real life and while posing as a knight that he can overcome challenges. In his real life he is a peasant but is overcoming the challenge of starvation and the common challenges of the lower class. While in his “Knight life” he is winning jousts against his enemy and trying to win a woman’s love at the same time. Both challenges make his life very stressful which could be considered another challenge in