Segmentation

In A Knights Tale there are multiple segments that stick out. The beginning where you are seeing Wills current part and the loss of their current knight. Then the portion where will takes his place and wins and convinces the others to go along with him in falsifying his identity. There is then his winning sequence where you see his tournament after tournament winning. And then of course the scene where he meets the girl, wins the girl and then is exposed by the other knight, he returns home to his father. Then prince Edward saves him and knights him as well. A lot of the segments also go along with the dramatic arc. The film is building up to Will winning the girl, going back home to his father and then of course being found out who he truly is which is going to ultimately happen where he came from. So the actual drama of this movie isn’t to unexpected it follows the arc.A Knights Tale is a story, it has all of the makings to be a story and follows the drama arc. We see a poor man left with no choice but to steal and identity to be able to earn money and survive. He always had the dream of becoming a knight but did not come from royal blood so his father sent him away at a young age to assist a knight with his requests, this was the best his father could offer him. Everything leads up to Will becoming a knight and in the process of his knighthood be finds a lady who he falls in love with. There is competition though for her another knight has made arrangements with her father to wed her but her heart belongs to Will. The final tournament is in Wills home town and that is where he is exposed for being an imposter and not a true knight which is punishable by death. But Prince Edwards saves him and then knights him as well so his dream becomes a reality and he gets the girl. 

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