Sheridan Le Fanu

Actor Anson Mount said, “I think all of us have a hero and villain in us.” This quote comes to mind when reading Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and The Miller’s Tale. Sir Gawain is a noble knight with high morals and very spiritual. He is flawed, like a villain would be, but still maintains his noble and heroeic qualities. The Miller’s Tale on the other hand has no hero. Both the storyteller and the main character in this story come across as low class villains. Both The Green Knight and The…

Alan M. Markman is the executive editor of the journal Cognitive Science and Director of the Human Dimensions of Organizations program at University of Texas Austin. The thesis of Mr. Markmans paper is that Markman rejects the supernatural interpretations of Gawain and the Green Knight, suggesting instead that the poem focuses on its human hero.”by pitting a real man against a marvelous, unnatural man, what a perfect knight can do when he is forced to face the unknown”(Markman) which is magic…

So, how do these texts relate to this notion of time and history? One the first page of Sir Gawain And The Green Knight the text reads “In many an ages bygone they brought about trouble. More wondrous events have occurred in this country.” (Gawain, lines 22 – 23). Although this line is short, two lines, but it relates to this idea of time and history. The single line where it begins with “In many an ages bygone…”, time is being used within the text to set up the poem of course, but also relates…

King Arthur, the most mysterious myth to exist has evidence on his existence and his non existence. Whether he does exist is a mystery to all. He will always be a great tale and maybe it should stay a tale. The proof that King Arthur really did exist. Some evidence is when bones were found in Glastonbury Abbey in 1191. Some personal accounts suggests that Arthur died at the battle of Camlann. Some historians believe that Arthur was conceived at Tintagel. Excavations show that it was…

In The Sword in the Stone, the first book of the larger tetralogy The Once and a Future King, two young boys named Kay and Wart are learning to become successful leaders. During their journey on becoming prosperous, they encounter certain obstacles that teach them of several situations and the consequences that occur. As their mutual goal is to become strong leaders, the purpose of these quests is to test the boys’ reactions and see if they will make the correct or wrong decision in solving them…

In the essay “The Meaning of `Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” by Alan Markman, it is suggested that the sole purpose of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is to display that a human can be a hero without being a god. The thesis of this paper is that the poem was written to show what a grand person Gawain was despite the difficult test endured. An argument that Markman states is that “in the entire poem there is not a line which ascribes to the hero any superhuman or supernatural quality” (Markman…

Between the both sides Merlin was the one who adheres to Campbells vision of the magical guide to in the heroic journey. Merlin sent the King Arthur on heroic journeys throughout the story. Merlin did things for the king so it can teach him life lessons and become a better person. In the story Morte d’ Arthur, Merlin also makes the king the chosen one by giving him the strength and the only one with the strength to pull the sword out. Merlin is the wizard that makes stuff happen for much of the…

A romance is a story that has imaginative adventures that concerns with noble heroes, gallant love, a chivalrous code of honor, and daring deeds. Sir Gawain and The Green Knight is the perfect example of a medieval romance. Throughout the story Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, Sir Gawain faced many tests. Sir Gawain was a respected knight due to his nobility and humbleness. Although Sir Gawain displayed characteristics of a noble hero, he wasn’t as loyal as he should have been, considering that…

The story about to be told is now probably a long forgotten tale, the true origin of King Arthur’s father, a story that has been subjected to the fabrication and the falsehoods by future writers desiring fame and a place in history. These are the real events leading to King Uther Pendragon’s birth, the father to King Arthur, retold by me, Matt Tanzman, a noble and possibly one of the greatest historians and scholars ever in, or likely ever to be in King Arthur’s court. My writing regarding the…

Gringolet was the most prized horse in all of Camelot. He could easily outrun any horse in the kingdom and had been the victor of many jousts at the young age of eleven years old. It was only natural that it was he who accompanied Gawain on his journey to meet the Green Knight. Just as Gawain was known across all corners of the kingdom for his bravery and chivalry, Gringolet was prized for his speed and power. Gringolet had never felt as fierce as he had when they first set out; he prided…