William Thatcher Depicted In 'A Knight's Tale'

A Knight’s Tale is about three friends who pursued the challenge of jousting after their master, Sir Ector, died. William Thatcher took his dead master’s armor and went on to win his first tournament. As William, Roland, and Wat went on to compete in many more tournaments, William meets Jocelyn and instantaneously falls in love with her. William Thatcher was born in the Cheapside borough of London in the early 1350’s. Even though he was not very wealthy, he had always dreamed of being a knight. His father told him to change his stars and he would be able to do whatever he desired. William had many characteristics used to identify him such as his jousting skills, his chivalry for Jocelyn, and his bravery. William Thatcher had learned how to joust by watching the many jousting tournaments his master, Sir Ector, had competed in. Before he could even enter a tournament, he had to train for himself so that he knew what he was getting himself into. He turned out to be a marvelous jouster and he went on to win against all of his competition. …show more content…
They met at a jousting tournament where he wouldn’t stop pestering her until he knew her name. There was a point in time where they had a disagreement and he thought he would lose her. William loved Jocelyn so much that he was willing to lose the tournament in Paris in order to win back the love of his life.
William was incredibly brave, although he was not an actual knight at the beginning of his peregrination. He always stood up for what he believed in no matter what consequences he would have to face in the end. William knew he would be in trouble if he were to joust in the tournament after the officials had proven him a fraud knight. The fact the he had enough bravery to face his repercussion lets everyone know how brave he