Morgan le Fay

Since the beginning of Film making movies have been remade however, when looking back at history some have not lived up to the standards the original put in place. The 1998 version of Psycho directed by Gus Van Sant and the 2005 War of the Worlds are two examples of bad remakes. Some however are equally or more successful. King Kong is one of the most recognisable remakes of all time. Written and produced by Merian C. Cooper in 1933, King Kong was a story that was worth making two movies about.…

Patti Jefferson, A Children’s Picture and Nonfiction Marketing Workbook Author Patti Jefferson is on both sides of the creative tracks. “I use variations of my real name. My children’s books are written under my whole name so that my initials of PBJ can be used and my current marketing book was written under Patti Jefferson as a slight distinction.” So who is Patti Brassard Jefferson, alias PBJ, aka Patti Jefferson? “I was born in upstate New York in the early 60s. My father was in the US Navy,…

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 Morgan’s knowledge of herbs and her ability to fly through the air. Graindor de Brie’s Bataille Loquifer speaks of Morgan and…

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. I will herein go beyond the recitations of the story itself and address the story “between the lines:” Morgan le Fay hated King Arthur, and especially Queen Guinevere. Arthur was the half-brother of Morgan. Arthur was born as the result of a “magical” deception of Merlin, his Uncle (and the understood “Wizard of the Realm”). Morgan bemoaned that her father, the Duke of Cornwall, was killed so Arthur’s father, Uther Pendragon, could satiate his unbridled passion…

The Arthurian legend has many important symbols, objects, and people. The legend mainly revolves around a boy named Arthur, who is crowned King later by the authority of the Excalibur. The Round Table, which is a famed symbol of chivalry is known throughout the land. Throughout Arthur’s life, he will be guided by important symbols. The Round Table’s origins go back to 1155, where it was first mentioned in Wace’s Roman de Brut, a Norman adaptation of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum…

Imagine waking up every day at 5AM and getting dressed just to be confined to a small 5X5 cell for 90% of your day. Picture yourself not being entitled to any privileges or an opinion about anything, and the single element that serves as your identity is a 10-digit number. Now visualize drudging ten to twelve hours each day, with a warden and multiple guards browbeating you; cracking the proverbial whip for no apparent reason. Doesn 't sound too inviting, does it? Well, for the past several…

American television in the last ten years. Dexter was adapted by James Manos from the novel “Darkly Dreaming Dexter” which was written by Jeff Lindsay. Dexter aired for eight seasons on Showtime, lasting from 2006-2013. The story is about Dexter Morgan who works for the Miami Metro Police Department as a forensic blood splatter analysist—but this is only his day job. By night Dexter is a serial killer. When he was very young Dexter witnessed his mother’s brutal murder which later became…

Before making the decision whether to help the officer, I want to talk about a movie named “The Shawshank Redemption”. The movie is told about the story of Andy Dufresne, a banker who is sent to Shawshank State Penitentiary because of the murder of his murder of his wife. Andy claims that he was innocent. I find that the movie is similar to the situation that I have facing in the question. In the movie, Andy is forced by Samuel Norton who is the warden of the prison to launder the dirty money…

Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption is a novella by Stephen King.The novella follows Andy Dufresne as he is imprisoned in Shawshank Prison for the murder of his wife and her lover. The story follows Andy's imprisonment as he deals with violence, degradation learns how to work the crooked prison system, and never loses hope of freedom despite the life sentence that stretches ahead of him with no hope of parole. At first glance this novella falls far from a similarity of Mark Twain classic…

Limper Mr. Palmer Honors 11 Book Report Quarter 4 2015 March 28 Randle McMurphy is the protagonist in One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest. He sees himself as the person who can save the rest of the men from the horrors of the mental institution in which they are stuck. McMurphy is a significant character because he acts as a leader among the men in the mental institution. As the novel progresses, he begins to rebel more and more against Nurse Ratched, and the way she rules the institution. When all…