Did William's Life Change When He Pretends To Be A Noble?

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Back in the medieval times becoming noble is what every young boy and girl wanted to

change their stars to. At a young age William wanted to become a knight, he wanted to be noble,

he wanted to joust. In the movie Knight’s Tale William pretended to noble after Sir Ector was

found dead by Wat, Roland and himself. William saw that moment as a chance to change his

stars. After the first joust posing as Sir Ector, William decide to continue the joust. How does

William’s life change when he pretends to be a noble?

Before pretending to be noble, Williams’s life was rough. William grow up in Cheapside

in London. Growing up with not much made William want to become a Knight even more. He

use to visit the jousts with his father, until his father
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William was committed for twelve

years and his father sent him away so he had a chance to change his stars. Even when William’s

farther sent away he still did not have a lot money, clothes, or a chance for an education. William

went days at time without eating, until the days of the joust. That is when William split the

money with other squires to eat. If they did not get food from the joust, William would had to

work on the land of the nobles to generate food.

When William first “became” noble he was posing as Sir Ector after he was found dead

by the squires. The feeling of happiness made William want to continue jousting. In his mind he

was noble, he was the knight he always wanted to be, and that was the chance he needed to have

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food and clothing for day for him and his squires. Yet, William could not keep posing as Sir

Ector, so William disguise himself as Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein from Geldeland. From then on

William was winning joust after joust, sword fight after sword fight. William was finally where

he wanted to be, until he caught up in love with his lady Jocelyn. William wanted to win her

heart, but he was not the only one. William and Count Adhemar was both fighting for