Port Arthur massacre

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…

The Pillowman was an interesting play. It was one of the best theatrical performances I have experienced. Not only the design, costumes, acting but the story line. It made you think about the social experiment the parents performed on Katurian. It made me question why parents were evil in how they abused Michal and experimented on Katurian, was it for their own fun? Or was there a purpose? But also the stories Katurian wrote were terrifying that someone could think that way. Needless to say it…

Defamation laws protect the reputations of individuals from damaging statements, whether spoken or written. Daily Speed’s defamatory statements against Leela stated that Leela is a suspect in her son’s death and that she will be charged with her son’s death by the end of the week. This suggests Leela is a murderer and echoes undesirably on her character and integrity. Leela now has the right to file suit against Daily Speed as her reputation as a prominent women’s right activist has been…

The concept of the absent father is a notion that has endured through years of American history, one which has been thoroughly imbedded in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. The absent father has been a familiar and definitive characteristic in many stories, compelling a tremendous impact on a character’s decisions as an individual. In a comprehensive and full analysis, Charlene Fix’s article, “The Lost Father in Death of a Salesman”, delivers an accurate understanding of the concept of the…

The Pursuit of Happyness is a film based on a true story about a single father, Chris Gardner, who grew up in a difficult and abusive childhood. He barely ever saw his dad and even worse he was raped by a man. At the age of 22 he moved to the West Coast to make a living. To make money he started working as a salesman in the medical supply field. Chris and his son didn’t have anywhere to sleep so they were sleeping in public restrooms, subway trains, and shelters. He and his son went through so…

When we are challenged by the dark, sombre facets of reality, we cringe, only to entangle ourselves back into the labyrinth of our trivial illusions. This idea is epitomized in the film, Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller by the character of Willy Loman, who constantly denies the harsh, objective reality is blinded by his own irrational, superficial desires that he believes will take him to the highest happiness. Ostentatious and ambitious as he is, Willy uses…

Rightful king by: Jane Yolen, values are an important part in King Arthur’s life. King Arthur shows many values for better and worse for the people of Cadbury and himself. The Sword of the Rightful King is a novel written about how King Arthur shows his people that they can trust and believe in him as their king. Arthur is an accepted king who has many values, but still needs to win the trust of his people. Arthur has many different values but a few important…

In the story Sir Gawain and the green knight, the character of Gawain was one of king Arthur knights. This knight to his perception was the most unqualified knight in comparison to the other knights, who were physically and mentally stronger than him. Although this mindset, Gawain was still put in a higher stand due the fact that he is blood related to King Arthur. Throughout the novel, Sir Gawain is in quest to find the green knight and his characters grows with this quest. Sir Gawain in this…

The right connections Knights are recognized in society as men that possessed great skills in combat and who followed the Code of Chivalry. It is possible for any freeman to become a knight. However, training and equipping a knight with a worthy steed and weapons was very expensive. Therefore, knights would generally come from a noble and wealthy, family. A knight had to have the right connections. The first steps to knighthood began as a youth. Upbringing A Knights upbringing would be…

The five terms/concepts are director, cinematic language, mise-en-scène, diegetic sound, and cinematography. In the three times Academy Award nominated film Field of Dreams, The director, Phil Alden Robinson, builds the film with his artistic, cinematic language featuring unique mise-en-scene, as well as depicting characters who hear voices in diegetic sound, and includes an imaginative vision in film cinematography. The film begins with Ray’s first person voiceover narration and a montage…