Chaucer’s “The Knight’s Tale” is one such classic. In the modern world, it has been turned into a movie called “A Knight’s Tale,” and there are many obvious draws from Chaucer. This is a tale of courtship and chivalry. It begins with a joust, and we the audience do

not know who is who, or who to root for. Only after we are introduced to the idea of jousting and the mood of the crowd are we introduced to the main character, William, who is the parallel of Palamon. When William first sees Jocelyn, Emelye’s counterpart, he falls instantly in love with her, as does Adhemar, who bears a similarity to Arcite. The two men are both after the same woman, and they are contesting for her love. It is not a pitched battle with each man having a small army, but rather a jousting championship, which can be seen as a similar thing. Medieval society considered jousting to be a way for the knights to hone their skills during times of peace, and therefore maintain their abilities to defend their countries in times of war.

One of the men does take on a false name, but it is Palamon’s counterpart instead of Arcite’s. William takes the name of Ulrich von Liechtenstein, for as William he was born a commoner, and as a result not permitted to become a knight and participate in the joust. Both William and Adhemar are determined to win Jocelyn’s love, even though she was very capricious to both of them. She had met them both at the beginning of the jousting season, and granted few favors to either of them, although she seemed to encourage William (although she thought he was Ulrich). While Emelye wanted neither of her suitors, Jocelyn gave the impression that she preferred “Ulrich.”

The movie version makes distinct differences between William and Adhemar, whereas Chaucer’s tale doesn’t give us enough of a

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