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Throughout the Middle English chivalric romance poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Alan Markman describes the protagonist as “the very best knight who sums up…the very best traits of all knights who ever lived” (Markman 576), due to his courageous reputation during the Arthurian period. However, Victoria Weiss disagrees with Markman’s statement, commenting that Gawain’s courage in the poem is viewed as “a lack of concern for human life” (Weiss 363). For the purposes of this study, medieval…

Historically, bravery has been a popular theme in literature. The theme likely began from the Anglo-Saxon to Elizabethan period when rising monarchs clashed for rule over England. These influences infused later literature, which has often encouraged bravery. Bravery motivates difficult action when it triumphs over action-paralyzing fear. Max Brand’s “Wine on the Desert”, Edgar Allen Poe’s “Pit and the Pendulum”, and Yann Martel’s Life of Pi respectively reveal this thesis. However, the…

Sir Gawain is an ordinary knight attending festivities at a feast held by King Arthur himself. Then enters the Green Knight, and challenges King Arthur. He planned to test the attributes that make a king and a knight alike. Sir Gawain refuses to let the king be harmed and stands in place for him. At this moment the Green Knight is intrigued by his apparent chivalry and challenges him. Like many stories of the same narrative in the medieval time period, “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” draws on…

During the middle ages, it was a period of time where knights in shining armor were considered to have chivalry. In the eleventh and twelfth century, they were considered chivalrous because they stayed loyal, showed bravery, and generosity towards each other. If anyone called them out in a fight they would have to step up and battle the opponent because it was a part of their chivalrous manner. King Arthur made the code of chivalry because he like to have law and order. The code is like the Ten…

In Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur, the battle between King Arthur and Accolon in Book IV is significant because it establishes Morgan as a primary antagonist to Arthur, Nimue as a force who can and will (mostly) work on Arthur’s behalf, and reaffirms Arthur’s honor and knightly prowess. With Merlin trapped and his magic unavailable to aid Arthur, Morgan and Nimue, step in to oppose and support Arthur, respectively. Both women are powerful female wielders of necromancy at this point;…

Gawain pressed the heels of his palms against his eyes, trying to push away the memories. If his love for Drea and Wallace remained in the forefront of his thoughts, and she did not want him, what was he to do? Clearly, drowning himself in drink did not work, and taking other women to bed to help him forget was no longer an option. What did other men do in these circumstances? Maybe he should discuss his troubles with Perceval and listen to the man’s advice for once. Still reclining, Gawain…

Les Liaisons Dangereuses Scene Analysis I am playing La Marquise de Merteuil in Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton. She is a very interesting women to get to dig into for this scene. The play is based in 1780s France, this scene takes place October 1st. Merteuil is a well respected women who when her husband dies was left with vast wealth that she is able to use to entertain herself, if you will. She was married for a rather short time, she says in one line that when she began…

Olympia, is an oil on canvas, approximately 130.5 cm × 190 cm (51.4 in × 74.8 in) painted by Edouard Manet, first exhibited at the 1865 Paris Salon, current location Musée d 'Orsay in Paris, France. Edouard Manet was the first ever French artist in the nineteenth century to paint modern life, and provocative figures from realism to impressionism. Manet was born on January 23, 1832 in Paris, France and died on April 30, 1883, Paris, France. Manet had created four-hundred and thirty oil paintings,…

Margaret’s influence on Arthuriana appears in multiple disciplines for the direct similarity between her reign and Thomas Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur. Stephen Knight and Merry Wiesner-Hanks’ Arthurian Literature and Society depicts the key similarities. Lancelot and his party represent the Yorkists, Henry VI played Arthur, and Guinevere, locked in a tower, represents Margaret as she defended herself from outside attack and dealt with her actual imprisonment. As the fifteenth century came…

nameless main character, which is where the protagonist realizes that any wish that Mangan's sister shall have, he shall make his command. This is where the main character of "Araby" takes on the task of going to the Araby for his love. Compared to Le Chevalier de la Charrette, the nameless main character is like Lancelot in the way of giving complete allegiance to the love they give the woman of their stories. (Mandel 51) This step leads into the fourth step: the journey of the quest, and its…