Brian Thatcher Quotes In A Knight's Tale

A Knight’s Tale - Rough Draft In Brian Helgeland’s A Knight’s Tale, Sir William Thatcher and Count Adhemar display similar superficial characteristic but are ultimately different in how they portray their traits. To begin, Adhemar is awfully protective of his ego. This is evident when Adhemar forfeits a jousting match against Prince Edward. Adhemar will do anything in his power to protect his dignity because losing a match to the Prince, a royal upper class man far superior to him, is too unbearable and risky for Adhemar to encounter. Thus, withdrawing is the only way to secure Adhemar’s honour as there is no possibility of losing. Furthermore, Thatcher is full of pride. “It’s not in me to withdraw,” states Thatcher when his friends advise him to surrender a match. It is unusual of Thatcher to give up, so everything that he thinks of himself, is lost if he

Likewise, Thatcher knows he can conquer this joust so he cannot live with himself at the thought of resigning when given an opportunity to feed his ego. It is clear that both Adhemar and Thatcher obsess over their self-pride, but these characters perceive their self-worths differently. Thatcher values how he views himself more than how the public sees him because he is born to a lower class community in a generation that undermines the poor. On the contrary, Adhemar bases his self-esteem off of how others perceive him due to growing up in a high-class society where rumours determine the quality of your life. Adhemar’s superficial thinking and Thatcher's moral compass contradict how they shelter their confidence. Next, Adhemar’s fear determines his life choices. Before the final joust, he sharpens his lance to inflict more harm on his opponent. His fear of failure is too great to keep within the rules of fair play; in fact, it is a terror that motivates him to cheat in order to secure a win. To continue,