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    Throughout T.H. White's novel, The Once and Future King, the main character and adopted son of high society, the Wart, is given many lessons to prepare him to one day inherit the throne. Knowing his future and destiny, the Wart's tutor, Merlyn, transforms the Wart into several animals and demonstrates to him the dangers and responsibilities of being a king. The Wart is taught that as a king, he is responsible for his people and must respect them. The Wart, now known as Arthur, eventually removes…

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    Chivalric and Courtly Culture through Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Within the short story “Sir Gawain And The Green Knight” many cultural aspects and values are revealed regarding the nature of the chivalric and courtly codes of medieval England. Sir Gawain and the members of the castle exhibit key aspects of these codes such as the necessity to treat strangers politely, be generous with the spending of money, adress women with honor and respect, and ,if a knight, always serve a lady in…

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    Early in the poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir Gawain treats women with dignity, respect, and courtesy. By the end of the poem, Sir Gawain has a very negative perception of women and their role in society. This drastic change occurs as Sir Gawain is tricked by the Green Knight’s wife, he feels betrayed and embarrassed. Sir Gawain blames his shortcomings and failure of loyalty on the cunning nature of women, this explanation of women greatly contradicts the way Sir Gawain viewed women…

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    King Arthur Research Paper

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    The murmur of the crowd grew as the people flocked to the man who yelled, “Hear ye, hear ye, and take your chance at pulling the sword out of the stone!” The young knight walked up and easily pulled the sword from its stone encasement. Does this story sound familiar? King Arthur is one of the most recognizable stories in literary history and it all started with a sword in a stone. However, there have been many o Arthurian legends, and each has had their own take on the renowned tale. For…

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    customs of medieval knighthood. The three main legends were Excalibur, The Round Table, and The Quest for the Holy Grail. Excalibur was said to be separated from the sword of the stone, was an unbreakable sword that the Lady of the Lake gave him. Morgan Le Fay stole the sword and even though it was recovered, the scabbard was forever lost, which led to King Arthur mortal wound and the sword being thrown back into the lake. The Knights of the Round Table was some of the most important people in…

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    The world of art instills creativity. The world of science — methods. Combining the two provides an opportunity for ingenuity. However, at Queen’s, the combination is rare. Queen’s is among only a handful of Ontario universities that don’t require undergraduate students to take a mandatory cross-disciplinary credit. The absence of a required course persists, despite a recommendation made in favour of such a requirement nearly 16 years ago. However, while taking a course outside of a…

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    Bad Guys who are Good, Backstories, and Love Triangles: Things that Make a Good Story What makes a good story? All stories have the same elements; a plot, characters, a climax, a theme, but yet some make a reader want to put the book down after the first chapter and others keep the reader up at night trying to finish it. Certain aspects that are apart of stories will hook the reader and make it a good story. Elements like making a bad guy have the appeal of the good guy in the story, keeping…

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    In “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson present a story that describes the annual lottery that takes place in a small town in the summer. Since the town was founded the lottery has been a part of its tradition. The original purpose of the lottery was to ensure that the town has an exceptional harvest, but the reason has been lost in time. Now the town held its annual lottery just because it has been their “tradition”. The one who draws the black dotted paper from the black box become the winner,…

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    The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, by Ursula Le Guin The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula Le Guin has a very ironic point of view with its omniscient narrator. It is filled with symbolism reflecting the biblical story of Jesus and salvation. Three main symbols to support this are the citizens, the child in the basement room, and the ones who walk away. The city of Omelas is described as a sort of Utopian "happiness", filled with not only music and dancing, but nudity and drugs also.…

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    We must learn to deal with reality. If we do not then we might become worse off and hurt ourselves. In “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, a short story written by Ursula Le Guin, and A Streetcar Named Desire, a play written by Tennessee Williams, the reader is reminded that what we should not ignore reality; sometimes we think that the truth is harsh and we ignore it so that we do not have to deal with it rather than face the reality. By ignoring reality, we can let a problem grow out of hand…

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