Modern Day In Medieval Times

Modern Days in Medieval Times The opening of the film A Knight's Tale starts with the song “We Will Rock You” by Queen takes away from the medieval times of the poem written by Chaucer. The film leaves the history out by using modern day language, music, dancing, and so on. The film starting with this song makes the film humorous with the medieval times being collided with the modern times. While William and his friends are training for the tournament the song in the background is “Low Rider” by War which is not a song from the Medieval times. The modern music in the film takes away from the the medieval feel of the movie and tries to sympathize with the modern world which we live in today. The music in the film is a big part of the communication throughout the film and is the part that makes the connection between the two eras.
Secondly, the language used in the film jumps back and forth from modern day language to medieval language. Throughout the film the characters say “Tis my lady” or when Jocelyn and Count Adhemar talk about jousting Count says “I shall educate you” but the consistency of this language is not shown throughout the film as it is in the Chaucers tale (Hegland, 2001). In the tale the language is confusing for example, “Thow shalt, said he, be rather false then I” (Chaucer,
Jocelyn becomes attracted to William when he rides his horse by her side and the viewer sees her put a guard up as if she is not into him (Hegland, 2001). William changes his goal as to why he wants to win the tournament when he has to go up against Count Adhemar. In the tale Palamon and Arcite fall in love with Emeyle much like William and Count Adhemar do with Jocelyn. The competition between the two men to be “the best” becomes more intense when the winner gets Jocelyn’s heart. In the medieval times “a man is fuller and has more demands for his time then a woman” (Hegland,