Gender Stereotypes In A Knight's Tale

A knight’s Tale is an American medieval adventure/ comedy film that was written and produced and directed by Brian Helgeland. This film is an anachronistic story with many modern references and details in it. The story is based on a peasant named William who acts as a knight and competes in jousting tournaments, winning awards and developing friendships with historical figures as Edwards, the Black Prince of Wales, and Geoffrey Chaucer. Only nobles are allowed to compete in tournaments, but when they discovered that their master Sir Ector, died. William competed in one final pass he impersonating Ector, winning the tournament.
The women that lost their husbands is a representation of traditional gender roles. Women are expected to be dependent on their husbands. When their husbands dies they were said to become lost and unable to support themselves. Kate did not fall into this gender stereotype. Kate was introduced in the movie as a widow

There is one scene right after William won another tournament only because Adhemar withdrew and will became angry because the only thing he wanted to do was joust Adhemar. Jocelyn goes up to talk to him about the ball when William starts yelling at her, taking his anger out on her. Saying that she is obsessed with dressed and balls and other stupid engagements. What she does next is out of the ordinary for this era instead of apologizing and staying quiet she looks at william and says , “Better a silly girl with a flower than a silly boy with a horse and a stick”(Helgeland). She challenges and shuts down that his pursuits are more important than hers. She stands up against the idea that because William is doing something traditionally masculine, that what he is doing is more important than what she loves dresses and social events. The theme of this argument and scene is that masculinity is more important and worth more than