Morgan le Fay

In my story, Small World, I create temporal complexity through the emotions of the main character and the dates of the letters written. For example, “I know what I’ve signed up for but its kids like him that break my heart and raise questions about this war were fighting.” (Winmill 1). Dr. Bones writes all of his worries down in his journal. He is very concerned if he is doing the right thing or not or if he should be doing something else. Literary critic, Janet Gurkin Altman, argues about…

Out of this period came much of the abstract art that Picasso is most noted for. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon is known, not only as his first cubist painting, but also as his first masterpiece. It depicts 5 nude women and at the time was considered lude. The angular figures of the women challenged the ideal of beauty in the human form…

Agreements between two people are made every day with fickle promises that are broken within a moment’s notice, however, when one speaks about agreements made in texts, it seems as if those agreements hold the power to alter the course of an entire story or universe and hold deep consequences if broken. Within medieval texts, these agreements are the basis of many great adventures and quests made by heroes of the brave and bold in order to establish a theme of heroism and justice. In “The Wife…

A Knights role in 14th century England centrally focused on strengthening their knightly skills in the use of horsemanship, weapons and medieval combat. There were strict codes of conduct, which dictated the life of a Knight during the middle Ages. The etiquette of a Knight’s behavior in battle and everyday life revolved around courtly manners, the code of chivalry, and courtly love. A Knight was obligated to pursue and uphold the beliefs of his religion, even above himself or his king. It would…

I think Arthur is heroic not only because he is brave and courageous but also because he strives to live up to the code of honor he sets for his knights. He really tries to follow his code even when it is not of benefit to him. For example, he give Mordred a place at court because his code of honor requires him to do so even when he know that Mordred is dangerous. He does not want to acknowledge Launcelot and Guenever because it would break the code by bringing a lady to dishonor and would…

Making of a Knight Middle English texts such as Sir Gawain the Green Knight and Canterbury Tales: Knights Tale and Wife of Bath contain main characters upholding the position of medieval knights. These knights garner the chivalric ideals of a knight that adhere to a particular code. Using this code of conduct followed by chivalry, I will explain throughout this paper how and why the main characters of these texts follow these chivalric traits in the characters which encompass the traits that…

Chivalry is the methods of training and standards of behavior for knights in the middle ages. Before you could become a knight, you had to have great combat skills and who adhered to the code of chivalry. It was almost possible for any man to become a knight. Although trying to prepare them to become a knight was quite expensive. During the knight's childhood, around the age of 7. He was expected to have great manners and to know the expectations that are required in order to be a knight. Such…

Art is a great topic to converse and talk about because art is everywhere and it defines us all whether we realize it or not art is upon us and describes our ways and the story of our live's. Throughout art's history in old Spain there were two famous painters who enjoyed art known as the great and famous Picasso and Velázquez. As a matter of fact these two famous painters painted things for a reason and that reason was to tell the world the stories of their live's through drawing and paintings…

We would further understand the concept of ‘Medieval Romanticism’ by studying the text Sir Gawain and The Green Knight written by an anonymous author generally called The Pearl Poet or The Gawain Poet. The poem talks about the adventures of Sir Gawain, a trusted high-ranking noble of King Arthur, who is challenged to fight by a powerful combatant known as the Green Knight. These compositions are both doctrinal and episodic in nature and as mentioned earlier are written as powerful third person…

Tennyson and Women It is proven in psychology that people have the ability to affect your mood and/or way of thinking. Queen Guinevere and other women in Arthurian literature have shown how their moods affect or don’t affect other characters. Specifically, it is the men that are affected the most. Guinevere’s characterization throughout Arthurian literature has been a negative one, but we have not fully looked through the scope of her own eyes. It is deemed that Guinevere was the cause of the…