2. A Knight’s Tale By: Zach Burlingame, Ashley Beverage, Alia Khan

3. synopsis

4. Themes you can change your stars.. make your own destiny. not to judge a book by its cover, or a knight by his armor. true love conquers all differences.

5. Relevance to medieval unit Jousting The Black Prince Peasants and noblemen and royalty Chivalry Jeffery Chaucer Women were suppressed Courtly love Sales of indulgences Church was an active role in society Low literacy rate for peasants The poor starved There were knights People drank alcohol, excessively

6. MONOMYTHIC PATTERN ordinary world ≈ William is a squire Call to adventure ≈ he replaces his knight when he dies fear ≈ what if he gets caught Kind,wise advisor ≈ Jeffery Chaucer! Decision to go ≈ he jousts Series of tests/meets allies and enemies ≈ at his jousting tournaments The inmost cave ≈ that anyone can be anyone supreme ordeal ≈ when adomar accuses william Seizing the sword ≈ he defeats adomar

7. Critics

8. Historical accuracy There were knights The Black Prince England held a jousting tournament There were noblemen People gambled Church Sales of indulgences

9. Video clips Jousting count ahdemar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrENw_6te7 8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrENw_6te7 8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmdDMBAE0 nU 0:35-1:05 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmdDMBAE0 nU a man can change his stars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhep2fZKHgE Jeffery chaucer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdWO9ozir1Y &feature=PlayList&p=7223583AF821F3EF&playn ext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=94

10. Quotes “you have been weighed, you have been measured, and you have been found wanting” –Adhemar “Guinevere comes to Lancelot” – Jeffery Chaucer “If I could ask God one thing, it would be to stop the moon. Stop the moon and make this night and your beauty last forever. “ –William Thatcher AKA Sir Ulrich Von Lichtenstein from Gelderland

11. Heath Ledger Heath Ledger Died he was 29 years old. At about 2:45 p.m., on 22 January 2008 He died because he overdosed on prescription drugs

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