Les Liaisons dangereuses

Sheridan Le Fanu’s vampire Carmilla shows likeness too Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s vampire Geraldine at the same time having different personal motives of their own. Carmilla with all her likenesses to Geraldine shows more empathy to Laura than Geraldine does for Christabel. With a better understanding of Carmilla and Geraldine similarities the differences between the two illuminate. With what seems like an identical story about a female vampire and her prey, the choice of Sheridan Le Fanu to…

with von Aue’s 82 lines devoted to a Morgue Famurgan and her supernatural nature and powers. von Aue also made a statement about Morgan living in or under the waters, specifically suggesting that she was a “divinity of the waters.” In summary, Morgan le Fay is known as a water nymph, a naiad, and this attribute of hers is recognized as the oldest. She is also gifted with the ability to fly, something attributed to her in Vita Merlini. Hartmann von Aue also includes in his translation of Erec…

In the world of the legend of King Arthur there’s many illustration, some of this illustrations open up many question hidden in the narration of the legend. Some of the important aspect to be investigated are presented in the main piece of illustration that is portrayed in the star of the easy. The main question that are raise are; why is someone with an axe and in horseback allow to be in the king’s chamber? Why isn’t anybody in the court doing something about the knight? Why does Arthur who is…

Mario Peña A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court By Mark Twain “At the end of an hour we saw a far-away town sleeping in a valley by a winding river; and beyond it on a hill, a vast gray fortress, with towers and turrets, the first I had ever seen out of a picture ‘Bridgeport?’ said I, pointing. ‘Camelot,’ said he” (Twain 20). 1. While Hank Morgan, also known as the Yankee, recounts his story of his adventures to the narrator, he reveals he finds out he is in Camelot when Sir Kay, a knight…

Canterbury Essay Geoffrey Chaucer was very clear about the characters he admired and despised in The Canterbury Tales. The prologue was a huge clue in revealing who Chaucer's favorite groups of people were. He had extremely strong opinions of these people in which he expressed through his writing. There were two certain people that Chaucer specifically favored. These people were the knights and the women. Right from the beginning it was very obvious that Chaucer valued the feudal class. In the…

True nobility can be defined in various ways. One’s perspective of nobility is susceptible to change through one’s experiences and influences. True nobility, however, consists of characteristics that are universally obtained by people of that genuine nature. My definition of true nobility is characteristics of selflessness, chivalry, bravery, and so forth .Any other characteristics similar to the latter ones listed are also in association to my definition of a noble spirit. Famous works of…

Hundreds of miles to the north, a grey overcast obscured Sol's light. An early chill billowed through the craggy gauntlet and into the box canyon. Crows and pickpockets eyed the deceased knights and other soldiers for their armor, weapons and other valuables. For that reason, the surviving knights desperately sought to account for all royal and the highest ranking nobles. Out of due respect and the kingdoms in question's security, possessions and especially royal seals had to be in hand.…

Chronological/Timeline: Pablo Picasso (Dakota) You probably know about me I'm the famous artist Pablo Picasso however My birth name was actually Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Crispiniano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso. I was never very good at math, science or most things but I loved art. My first word was lapiz which in English translates to pencil. I ideally loved art from the time I said my first word. I was born on October 25, 1881, in the…

In both First Knight and Excalibur the movies, they both display King Arthur as a magnificent man, who is courageous, witty, and does what is right, but both movies very from the beginning to the end. The opening scenes of the movies are dramatically different. In the movie the First night, King Arthur is an older gentleman who does not appear in the movie until Lady Guinevere of Leones comes to meet him. Before she meets him in the well know city of Camelot, she has villagers come to her after…

orders of chivalry that were founded in Europe during the later Middle Ages” ("Round Table"). Also considered in the article is the sole creator of chivalry and the importance in the 1400s, “In the late 15th century, when Sir Thomas Malory wrote his Le Morte Darthur, the notion of chivalry was inseparable from that of a great military brotherhood established in the household of some great prince” ("Round Table"). Based on the actions of knights, the British follow the code of chivalry even…