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courageous, courteous, show great amounts of honor, as well as fight for justice, and be ready to help the weak to be seen as “the ideal knight.” One example of a legend where this code of chivalry is exposed is King Arthur and the Knights of the round table. In these stories and legends of the great King Arthur, there are three primary of elements exposed. One element of chivalry exposed in King Arthur stories is honor. One’s reputation and honor is of high priority…

A romantic hero is unconventional, yet fulfills all he must to attain the title of a hero. This hero may have been rejected by society or may have rejected the social norms. Similar to other types of heroes, a romantic hero is usually on a quest of some type in order to achieve a particular goal. Within the poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the protagonist, Sir Gawain, projects and exhibits all of the characteristics of a romantic hero. This is evident through his character traits,…

friends? With the year-round calendar, there still is a summer break so you can hang out but it isn’t as long. Anyways, don’t you get bored at the end of summer break? The year-round calendar has more benefits than the traditional calendar and should be used in many more schools because of these three reasons. First, students don’t have the “summer slide” where they forget some of what they learned the year before. The second benefit is that studies have shown that the year-round calendar have…

Chivalry, brave knights, quests, and swordfights are some of the first things that come to mind when people think of Medieval Romance literature. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight personifies many of these characteristics especially chivalry and the knightly code of conduct. Greek playwright Sophocles once said, “all men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong and repairs the evil.” Sir Gawain faces many tribulations throughout his journey to find the Green Knight.…

Should School be Year Round? For centuries after centuries school has been the core focus of a human beings life. School has been around for years to teach kids and adolescents how to do certain and important subjects such as mathematics and reading/english. For as long as school has existed, school days have been the traditional 180 days with 3 months off for working on the farm or ,nowadays, going on vacations with family. But recently it has been said that certain schools want to terminate…

mythological figure of Kingdom Camelot is? King Arthur is the head of Kingdom Camelot and made a round table for them to sit and talk. King Arthur was based off the fifth to sixth century british warrior. Arthur may have been a warrior officer a real man who led British military construction periods King Arthur is in the evil mythological figure he was in the head of the Kingdom of Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table. He was created as a king because he was as strong nice caring man who…

‘year-round education.’” American schools should convert their traditional calendars to a year-round school system. “In this updated system, schools would continue to operate 180 days per year, but they stretch out the 180 days over the entire year and take shorter breaks between each term (NEA 2).” If need be steps could be taken to expand the school week to six days instead of five. This would be similar to how China and India have their school systems set up. Traditional and Year-round…

Fire breathing dragons, noble knights in shining armour, beautiful ladies in waiting, heroic battles fought in the King’s honour- the elements that attribute to a Medieval tale of virtue. Many Medieval stories tell of King Arthur, the courageous ruler of a magnificent kingdom and court of knights, therefore the tales portray him as a hero. His courage to fight in battle along with his code of honour and confidence in both himself and his knights, are the attributes that make him such a hero.…

Antony Perna Year Round Schools Mr. Reynolds 4-1-16 Do you want to know what would be very stressful for you and your parents? Year round schooling and that is one of many reasons why i am against Year round schooling.Year round schooling has messed up schedules that causes corruption in sports and other summer activities. Families don't have the time to spend together when the summer break is shorter. Year round schooling also causes stress on students with plans for sports. The sports…

Who Was Who in King Arthur’s Few? 
 Even in the world of fiction, one will find that knighthood is rarely given out to just anybody. There are almost always going to be rules. Someone deserving of becoming a knight must display a number of specific characteristics as well as perform certain actions, which are both predetermined by the universe in which said knight’s story is set. Therefore, there is often very little room in which to set each knight apart from another through the variation of…