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Before writing your thesis statement, you need to be clear on what argument(s) your essay will be making. That way, you can target your thesis to include those major points. Simply saying something like "The movie, 'A Knight's Tale,' contains many similar themes to the epic poem Beowulf, but has differences, too" is probably not going to make your instructor happy. What themes will you be discussing? What similarities do you see between the two? What differences? You might consider such things as mortality, heroism, social class, monarchial authority. How are they used in each?
Once you have decided on the direction your essay is heading, writing the thesis statement should be easier. For instance, if you wanted to talk about how the sub-plot of "courtly" or romantic love which is presented in the movie is one which was not in use during the time of Beowulf's writing, you might say something like "The movie, 'A Knight's Tale,' intertwines themes of heroism and social structure with an underlying quest for courtly love for which there was no social framework at the time the epic poem Beowulf was written."
This is only one of many possibilities. See what you can come up with!
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Sarah, EssayForum.com
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