The Legend of Prince Valiant1991

King Donovan:
[enthusiastically] He is my son. My flesh and blood. I love him!

Prince Valiant:
Oh, I see. You show your love... by beating him?

King Donovan:
I do not beat him; I discipline him. There is a difference. He must learn to be strong. He will be king one day. My father hit me when I was a child and look what I've become. A king, beloved by my people!

Prince Valiant:
Would they love you as much if they could have seen you beating an innocent child? If they could've seen a grown man hitting a small boy hard enough, to blanken his eye?

King Donovan:
What right have you to tell me how to raise my child?

Prince Valiant:
If beating your child is such a good thing, why do you do it in secret?

Denys:
[standing and bowing] I mean no disrespect, Your Majety, but... when you beat a child, you do not teach him to be strong.

Prince Valiant:
You teach him to be afraid.

King Donovan:
My son will have to live with fear as I have. As any man does.

Prince Valiant:
Yes, Your Majesty. There are many things in this world a child must learn to fear. Bur surely, his own parents should not be among them.

King Donovan:
I love my son. He must know that.

Prince Valiant:
Well, how can he when you teach him that there's no safety in the world, not even in the arms of the people who gave him life?

Denys:
[starting to cry, causing Donovan to dry his tears] I know this to be true, Your Majesty. Because deep inside... I can still feel the pain of every time my father hit me.