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husband and the truth is I really have no one. I… I’m sorry.” Perceval didn’t care about Elora’s apology and still seethed. He wanted to tell the woman off, but before he had the chance to open his mouth and register his displeasure, Joan crossed to the table and laid a gentle hand on Elora’s shoulder. “I forgive you,” said Joan. “It must be awful to feel so alone.” Elora turned around in her seat and leaned into Joan’s arms, weeping. “I am so sorry. I will never do such a thing again… I don’t…

Throughout the story, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, there is quite a bit of parallelism. The story rotates back and forth from the hunting scene, and the bedroom scene. Every morning Bertilak wakes up early, eats breakfast, goes to mass, then goes hunting, while Gawain is in charge of holding down the castle. The author uses parallelism to connect these two scenes by making an agreement between Sir Gawain and Bertilak. The agreement is that whatever Bertilak gets outside the walls he will…

More than one thousand years ago there was once the medieval time period. This time period involved heroism, knights, loyalty, great adventures and memorable kings. The most memorable king of this time period was King Arthur, stories and legends have been written and rewritten about hime for hundreds of years. Many of his stories involve knights. You may have heard of knights in shining armor, riding horses, and saving people…Well that is actually accurate. Knights were noble men who had a…

“And he kicks on, canters through the hall towards the top table, not the least bit timid” (Lines 221-223). This shows an aloofness taken to extreme. The green knight marches past the young knights to the table of honor. At first he’s unsure of exactly who is in charge of the festivities. “He held them with his eyes, and looked from left to right. Not knowing, of these knights, which…

Homosocial relations in Sir Gawain and The Green Knight are displayed as homoerotic between Sir Gawain and Sir Bertilak. The potential for homosexual relations between the two men disrupt the heterosexual ideology in the poem. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is riven by fear of the homoerotic potential of homosocial relations due to Sir Gawain 's fragile masculinity, the breaking of heterosexual identity in the poem and the exchange of kisses between Sir Gawain and Sir Bertilak. Sir Gawain 's…

Can one hero be better than another? A hero does more than just save lives and fight the bad guys; it is about the journey of finding oneself during that process and defeating the evil found within. A hero needs good character, strong morals, and the ability to resist temptations. Beowulf and Sir Gawain are both literary heroes. The epic poem “Beowulf” shows a brave knight going on a journey to defeat his long time enemy, Grendel. The poem “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” takes the audience on…

Chivalry, a fancy word for picking up babes (A discussion of chivalry using texts discussed in class) Since the first group of humans gathered, there has been a single problem that has plagued men and women. This plague has been imbedded in the very core being of each human; this plague is something that occurs when a man first sees a beautiful confident woman, the feeling of butterflies flying around inside his stomach. The plague reaches women the instant the man introduces himself while…

What is a hero? If someone is called a hero, what does that say about them? The Webster Standard Dictionary says that a hero is “one noted for courage and greatness; the central figure in a story.” However, there is more to being a hero than those few things alone. A hero is one who you can always count on; who is willing to make sacrifices for the good of others; who is full of compassion for nobles and servants alike, and desires justice in all areas. A hero is someone with virtue of…

In Chaucer’s satirical comedy The Canterbury Tales, and Shakespeare’s play King Lear, women are portrayed in a negative light. In both time periods, female characters are supposed to be submissive and obedient to their husbands; furthermore, as seen in the text, women are frowned upon for being knowledgeable and independent. Each author uses his work to promote their opinion on gender roles in society. In the fourteenth century, society was based on hierarchal status and women were at the…

Great writers create great stories. In The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer writes about the different classes of pilgrims. He has a narrator, Harry Bailey, who speaks highly of the knight but does not care about the Summoner. Bailey tells all the pilgrims that each will have the opportunity to tell a story of which they desire and whoever has the best story will get a dinner paid by the pilgrims. Throughout the stories, women are described as men’s pleasure. Chaucer uses characterization and…