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    I. Introduction “The Lady of Shalott,” by Alfred Tennyson, is an extraordinary poem about a lady that is trapped in a tower in the city of Camelot. The lady of this tower is longing to be free of confinement, sadness, and of loneliness. Even though she can see out of the tower through the view of her mirror, she is so very lonely and isolated from the world. Eventually, the lady becomes so, very desperate for love and a relationship that she leaves her castle; and in leaving she realizes that…

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    Lord Bertilak could want to dethrone King Arthur and take his place as Camelot, either for the wealth or the power. He could also have a stern hatred for Arthur and wants the king to fall by some means or by Bertilak’s hands, thanks to the sorcery of the green knight. This one seems too dark for someone of Bertilak 's polite…

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    and the Bow" is the sixth episode of the fifth season of the American fantasy drama series Once Upon a Time. The action in this ten minutes part of the episode takes place in the functional seaside town of Storybroke - Maine in the present, and in Camelot in the past (six weeks ago), which residents are actually characters from various fairy tales and other stories transported to the real world.Episodes usually have one segment that details the characters' past lives that, when serialized, adds…

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    Guinevere's Stereotypes

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    stories, she only has one storyline. In the beginning of her stories, she is soon to be married with King Arthur. Then she is kidnapped by one of the knights, and is rescued by Sir Lancelot in the end. Both Le Morte D’Arthur by Malory Thomas (1469) and Camelot Burning by Kathryn Rose (2014) have a similar storyline; however, there are specific differences of her character through her image and characteristics.…

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    Lady Of Shalott

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    see the world through mirrored reflections and not experience life directly. She is forbidden to look out of the window at the world going on around her, so she looks through a mirror that is ever so conveniently placed where it has the view of Camelot. The mirror magically showed the truest colors of the yarn. She longs to be a part of this world going on around her but fears this unknown curse that has been placed upon her. So she sits and sings and weaves night and day. One night while the…

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    The Gawain poet portrays the Christian chivalric code as an ultimate human model, involving the pursuit for Christ-like perfection. At the beginning of the poem, the poet depicts King Arthur as the “most regal of rulers in the royal line” (Gawain poet, 25, 186), who is most honorable and noblest amongst his knights. His court functions by a Christian chivalrous code, in which bravery and courtesy become the testament in which produces a characters standing. However, the arrival of the Green…

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    with John F. Kennedy. Although biased from a political standpoint, Bill O’Rielly’s and Martin Dugard’s Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot is an entertaining and well-written book leading up to the events of John F. Kennedy’s assassination, showing the beginning of family domination that completely dissipates. Bill O’Reilly is a well-known author, he…

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    How Is King Arthur Real

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    taught Arthur how to write and read, but he wanted more for his son; more than he could provide. Uther did not want Arthur to spend his life raising fields and after a few letters to Hunith, he got Arthur a job; he would be a servant in the Castle of Camelot. Arthur was not happy about it, considering, he hated nobility, and he had a reason for that. The king of Essetir, Cenred, knew that Ealdor was going to be attacked by the sorcerer, and did nothing about it. Cenred had a reputation of not…

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    Le Morte D Arthur

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    Malory includes the characteristic of a braver and nobler hero in his work, Le Morte d’Arthur, much like he included the characteristic of supernatural events . For instance in “The Coronation of Arthur,” Arthur pulls the sword multiple times from the stone. The nobles do not believe Arthur could be the successor to the throne and so they ignore that he has pulled the sword. Arthur shows patience, in knowing that he is the successor but no one else believes that he is. Arthur does not become…

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    However, eventually he becomes a king, one of the greatest kings ever. He unites Camelot and works to make peace. This peace lasted for many years, however eventually his kingdom and its peace is brought to an end when his illegitimate son, Mordred, betrays him. King Arthur has hundreds of writings about him over many centuries and the…

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