Black Knights

The Knights Templar Marcos M. Espinoza UTSA HIS 3723-001 The Knights Templar was a member of the poor Knights of Christ. It was a military order founded during crusades that set the beginning of today’s military orders. The Knights Templar was established on purpose. Its main role was to protect Christian pilgrims on their way to the holy land. The Knights Templar grew faster and became wealthier after a short period of time, thus becoming prominent. Their growth did not please their…

followed the ideals and values of courtly love and chivalry and those who did not in his Arthurian Romances. Like many of the Arthurian romances, in the story of “Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart”, the significances…

A chivalric code is a set of moral rules, that a knight vows to follow and enforce during the Middle Ages. A knight of the Medieval period is flawed, but by following the code he can be unsullied. According to the “Song of Roland”, a knight must “serve the liege lord “in valour and faith, at all time speak the truth, refrain from the wanton giving of offense, and to respect the honour of women” by following these codes a knight can stay on the right tracks to stay morally correct. In “The Wife…

Who Would Win in a battle between a Samurai and a Knight? Knights and Samurai are interesting people to look into. They’re both warriors and loyal people. But do you ever wonder who would in a battle? I personally stand out of the crowd with a few people and believe that knights will win in a battle and this can be seen in their training, weapons and armor, and codes. The first way that knights have an advantage is heavy armor. According to document d, it says “A knight’s armor can weigh 40 to…

The Dark Knight is my favorite movie in this series, but is also my personal favorite Batman story, surpassing all the other Batman films. By putting all the right elements in play and given the character literary merit, the Dark Knight has achieved a great impact to its audience. Those elements are moral ambiguity, paralleling Batman with his villains, a large cast of equally compelling characters, and realistic depiction of crime and detective work. The story of The Dark Knight is entirely…

Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight is one of the best iterations of Batman since the concept of Batman was first created in 1939; the film offers easy to digest bites of philosophy and a deeper look into human nature. At the same time, The Dark Knight provides insight into society's views on mental illness, what society believes mental illness looks like, and society's views toward the justice system. The Dark Knight is the highest grossing Batman film since the first Batman movie (ironically…

Joker in The Dark Knight and Jack Merridew in The Lord of the Flies desire the power to push entire society into corruption of madness and anarchy by their successful leading skills. They trap people using violence and trickery and diffuse their responsibilities to someone else. The Joker and Jack don’t have any humanizing elements; instead, they attempt to destroy humanized society. They, the shadows confront with protagonists and natural humanity to officialize their ideology. The Joker and…

Albert Huang Mr. Robbins Period 5 3/14/15 Strength of the idea In the conversation defining the all-time greatest director in the movie industry, several names, may never be absent. Among those that legend isn’t a powerful enough word to describe their merits, one name has appeared like the transit of Venus. It’s never as magnificent as the darkness of an eclipse, but has attracted countless followers with its distinctive glamour. It’s always close by the orbit of our lives, but yet so far away…

Film analysis: How does the director, Christopher Nolan, use filmic technique to create the dark underworld of Gotham? The Dark Knight rises is a film that depicts the action of the Batman to try and save the city of Gotham as the underworld is dark with many lurking criminals ruining the city. The film techniques used by the director Christopher Nolan are astonishing and significant to the film, the director uses a variety of techniques to create the dark underworld of Gotham. Some significant…

Starting in the eleventh and twelfth centuries every knight had to live a by a code called chivalry. Chivalry was a set of rules and actions that knights had to comply by. Some of these rules were fairness, courtesy, and devotion. Knights would use these rules against their enemy in battle and just simply in their everyday life. Chivalry was common around the world, however today the meaning of chivalry has dramatically changed. Since the times of chivalry, many things changed like how men are…