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Social Statuses In A Knight's Tale

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“A Knight’s Tale” In a Knight’s Tale the story is set in the Medieval England. It’s a life story of a peasant as he seeks to change his social status through participation in the medieval tournament games. Throughout the movie, William starts out as a peasant but he tries to show anyone is capable of being a knight without being of noble birth. The social statuses are very different there than they are today and because of that he tries to change his status. The movie also displays how different women are treated back in the middle ages and how people’s lives in general are completely different than the modern day. In the town there is a clear difference in what type of people live there. Peasants are the lowest class of the society and they
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There are no men but only the great WE, One, indivisible and forever” (Rand 19). The society in the book is very strict, they don't believe in individuality, they have a collective society. However, in The Village the characters in the movie are allowed to speak how they feel and even enjoy relationships and love. While one society punishes its

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This shows that women had some similarities and differences to women of today, similar in how they would cheer and different in how they were treated. The fact that there were similarities to today was shocking to me. I thought because it was the dark ages and because women in that age had it worse to when their grandmother was in their

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There are many ways to show that you are a strong and brave man. Jousting is a tournament that takes skill along with bravery and strength. Royalty from all around the world come to compete and see who is the best. Chivalry is still present in this day they show it through bravery, loyalty, and being humble and giving. One of the traits that shows chivalry in a person is bravery.

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During the Medieval times chivalry was one of the most important characteristics a knight could display. Chivalry was viewed as a moral obligation that involved bravery, honor, respect, and gallantry. Knights were expected to uphold this code or face social consequences for any infractions, with punishments ranging from humiliation to termination of their knighthood. “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” presents the struggles knights faced with honoring the chivalrous code at all times. Sir Gawain, while imperfect, exhibits qualities expected of knights and embodies the internal struggle between honoring the chivalrous code and giving into selfish desires.

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Social status in the medieval times was a way to represent someone's dignity. It introduced certain people into society where either you were part of the high class or low class. In Chaucer's lifetime, many people were seen "different" because it was all based upon social status. High ranked people were never seen with lower ranked people because there was a huge wall that separated both social statuses. There were two places, the cheap side and the royal side, that determined the lives of a low ranked person and a high ranked person.

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Women of the Medieval Times Women have always had a significant role in history even though they were treated horrible in most cases. During the Medieval Times was really the first time women were allowed to become more than just a house wife. The fight for equality has always been a struggle and even in today’s society is still an ongoing battle. Although women of lower and middle class were treated poorly in the Medieval Times, some powerful women held great responsibility and were looked up too by both men and children; despite being admired, “men were thought to be not only physically stronger but more emotionally stable, more intelligent, and morally less feeble” (Hopkins 5). “The position of women in the Medieval Society was greatly influenced by the views of the Roman Catholic Church” (Heeve).

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In Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, the characteristics of the ideal knight is represented by King Arthur’s court. However, it will be challenged by The Green Knight as well as Bertilak’s court. Sir Gawain would reach a new understanding that ideals would eventually remain as ideals and that he is human, therefore it is perfectly fine to feel weak. The clashes between religion and chivalry that defines the ideal knight in King Arthur’s court.

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This proved when the narrator’s mother always tried to get the narrator to do work that appropriate for a lady instead of outside work, however it was not something that she enjoyed. The narrator also was not considered of real helper to her father because she was a female. This proved when her father introduced the narrator as ‘his new hired hand’ to a salesman, he replied, “I thought it was only a girl” (line 76, paragraph 10).This shows how the society view girl as ‘just a girl’ at that time and it means that their roles are not really significant in the society. As being said by Alexander Pope (1688-1744), “Most women have no character at all.” (Bressler, C.E., 2011).

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