Tour de France

In Marie De France’s “Lanval”, It is interesting how, in spite of a woman’s common status as a tool toward greatness or moral poverty, the fairy queen is still technically a positive character because she raised Lanval to greatness, even though her interference in Lanval’s life appears to consume his personality and identity. In the beginning, Lanval does have some semblance of personality, indicated with the lines “For his valor, for his generosity, / his beauty and bravery” (21-22) which…

A deep self-conflict appears in her presentation as both mysterious and involved in the courtly love tradition. Malory’s work showed an English preference to steep the queen’s sexuality in mystery when he removed Guinevere’s explicit scenes from Le Morte D’Arthur and Vives’ aimed to erase women from society after the loss of virginity. Mystery implied innocence through ignorance, while the courtly love tradition acknowledged sex as the end goal of a Courtly flirtation. Capellanus’ argument that…

Marie De France’s uncanny, whimsically lai “Lanval” satirically challenges and reverses the themes of love through stereotypical gender roles, which are unique and romanticized to traditions of the 12th century. Women for eternity have been rendered as beautiful, physical objects, who where inferior to men, and needed nothing more then a body. Marie De France depicted these same stereotypes in her writing but just in a reverse methodology. She criticizes the stereotypes of women with very…

One of Marie de France’s lais, Eliduc, represents a knight whom finds adventure in two lands. In the lais, the hunt for love is looked at from two different perspectives. Eliduc, the knight, finds himself in a tangle of relationships. At the beginning of the poem,…

“Eveline” is the story of a girl who is unable to move forward in life. No matter what she does, she finds herself paralyzed and stuck living the unfortunate life she believes she is destined. The short story, written in 1914, is the fourth short story in a collection written by James Joyce called “Dubliners.” Each story in the collection portrays a part of the life of a middle-class family living in Dublin, Ireland in the 1900s. “Eveline” depicts the story of a young girl, Eveline, who is…

Displaying the artwork appropriately is also of utmost importance when planning a museum. The order in which pieces are displayed affects the flow of the visitor’s experience. Appropriate height for each piece requires consideration. Additionally, the ambiance and size of the room also hold specific requirements in a museum setting. The Louvre established standards in all of the above mentioned areas. When designing the Met, architects took these aspects into consideration in attempts to…

guide will further inform one on what exactly the Pyrenees has to offer. First, through culture and scenery surrounding one within the Pyrenees. Second, through activities one can witness while traveling on the border of Northern Spain and Southern France. The lifestyle of the Pyrenees men and women is so rare, for one simply cannot experience this way of life anywhere else. Townfolk inhabit the snug cottages; that fall amongst the mesmerizing mountain folds. The authenticity the community…

Jacob Wolf Period 1 Western civ 13 April 2016 WW2 Tour The first place to go in Paris, is the Louvre. The Louvre has seen its fair share of events whether it was its abandonment during the making of the buildings or the stolen pieces streaming from the Louvre. The Louvre still contains some of the most famous pieces of art ever created. Pieces made at different times and for different events. Every painting has its own historical significance and the artwork is memorable to every person for…

died. In Marie de France’s “Yonec”, the knight, son of a married woman and an ideal knight, satisfies this fate with his father’s own sword against the disgraced husband. On the other end of the spectrum, fulfilling physical requirements, but with lacking reputation, the ‘real’ knight Lanval only takes on the image of an ideal knight for a moment, but still holds on to the reputation of a chivalric knight despite his teetering masculine reputation. In “Yonec” and “Lanval,” Marie de France…

For most people, love is known to be a powerful emotion. For some, it can drive people to do honorable and inspiring actions. Others however, can use it for malicious intentions. In the novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens and the film adaptation of Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, civil unrest in connection with the French government’s increasingly unwarranted rule allowed these traits of love to be illustrated. Sydney Carton, a brilliant but depressed Englishman makes great sacrifices…