Marvel Knights

The Better Knight Chivalry was a code of honor. The qualities of chivalry includes courage, honor, courtesy, justice,and the readiness. Courtly love includes gentleness , appreciation of women, and championing women. A Knight's Tale was a movie based off Geoffrey Chaucer Canterbury Tales. William Thacher is a better knight because he is a process in battle he shows compassion for the weak and other knights, and the use of courtly love. William Thacher shows prowess in battle. He shows courage…

moral, and social aspects. It was the way medieval knights were expected to behave both in society and on the battlefield. It is important to note, however, that a knight was not just any soldier, he was the mounted warrior of medieval times. Being a knight refers to being part of the cavalry and was a highly respected position, in part because of the mythology that developed surrounding knightly chivalry. Chivalry worked to idealize the knight by holding him to very high moral standards,…

In the poem A Champion’s Heart are the lines “Now city streets are fields for battle, And knights still battle, still are bold,” and further on “Like ancient knights who fought for honor These new knights fight all threats to life”(lines 43-44) (lines 51-52). Lines that claim that the heroes of old are not truly gone, that people today can be as chivalrous and honorable as the knights of yore. These lines are right. Take a fireman, soldier, policeman, lawyer, and doctor, what do all of…

Chivalry is a concept that has been prominent in stories for hundreds of years. Because chivalry was originally a code followed by knights, the clearest examples of it can be found in medieval texts, such as the Arthurian legend. Generally speaking, knights following the chivalric code were supposed to believe in and fear God, defend everyone (but especially the weak), obey authority, accept challenges from equals, and overall be honorable, honest guys who even go so far as to respect women.…

patience to act like a knight. More often than not, people are too caught up in their own lives that they don’t have the time to stop and think about helping others. Chivalry is the code of the knights. In Morte D’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory, chivalry is displayed in many ways. The three ways that chivalry are displayed in Sir Thomas Malory’s Morte D’Arthur and Marie Borroff’s Sir Gawain and the Green Knight are when Gawain volunteers, when he goes to find the Green Knight after a year, and…

While older than The Dark Knight, the movie V for Vendetta takes a step out of stereotypical villain and moves toward the Anti-Hero archetype. Enter a world beset by chaos which was overcome by the restrictive and controlling government installed by a Chancellor Sutler. At start…

Glory, fame, and fortune was desired by elite knights and kings. Temptation by the increase land and riches caught the intention of European Nobles (“Pope Urban II Orders First Crusade”). What started to affect these ideas became the lone fact that the Crusades started to become unsuccessful. This meant…

sky at night with the city lights glistening in every direction was a joy to behold, and bringing justice to the streets of Gotham felt as fun as it was brutal. With Batman: Arkham Knight, Rocksteady has taken what was so good about Arkham City, improving every aspect down to the last detail. As a result, Arkham Knight portrays Gotham City in style. The Joker is gone (or is he), but a new danger has emerged to torment Batman and the city in which he strives to protect. With the impending threat…

Satan represents everything God is not. He is evil, murderous, a liar, and a tempter. He is one of the biggest influences in the bible, manipulating people to choose sin. However, his character is never fully revealed, leaving a lot of questions unanswered. Popular culture has come to answer these questions by creating satanic figures for contemporary audiences. In this essay I will mainly be using a ‘world in, and in front of the text’ approach to analyse how Satan’s appearance and attributes…

choice for the next Batman has sparked a mix of emotions and feelings in many people and it has been greatly shown through Twitter and other social media. Heath Ledger, a name that once had little to no meaning but after the 2008 release of “The Dark Knight” is a name that is notorious and forever will live in infamy. He too was also doubted my many other critics and moviegoers. When the announcement of him filling the role of the famous clown prince of crime Joker, the internet, like with…