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transformation of the gift Gawain receives from Morgan Le Fay, a green girdle. Initially, the girdle is a symbol of protection; however, when Gawain breaks his contract with the Green Knight, it becomes a symbol of personal shame. Once Gawain returns to King Arthur’s court, though, the girdle is adopted as a symbol for the Knights of the Round Table, making it a public symbol of the knights’ code. Despite this public absolution of Gawain’s sin, the knight’s personal shame never self-absolved.…

Hamlet is a play written by William Shakespeare in 1601. This tragedy is about Hamlet, the prince of Denmark, morning over the death of his father and extracting revenge on his uncle who murdered his father. This essay is evaluating the iconic scene where Hamlet meets his dead father and his father tells him of his uncle's betrayal. These 2 scenes will be evaluated on the quality of cinematography: music, acting, and camera work. In Kenneth Branagh's version of the meeting, the music stands out…

witches, and this prophecy ends up influencing Macbeth’s decisions which will end up affecting his future drastically. First of all, Macbeth should have just ignored the witches when they told him that he was going to be the Thane of Cawdor, and King. Based off of knowledge of the future, if Macbeth would have just ignored the witches he may have not died a cold, blooded, murderer, instead of a…

to gain attention or is paid to entertain. The fool is generally a person who is searching for wisdom, sense, and judgment. In King Lear, a specific type of fool acts as a servant, and a loyal friend of the King. He is marked by his clever word play, witty insults, and his ability to bring down other characters through deception and trickery. The purpose of the Fool in King Lear,…

making such laws that involved hanging a person and cruel punishments for even the smallest things. He had said that those laws were meant to protect and make life easier for his people. In the speech he had given, he had sounded like a great and caring King, but in reality he wasn’t great or caring. He was killing his own people for little things like robberies and false building of a house. He may have even been lying about the god, Shamash, giving him the laws and the code, when he may have…

McDonaldization is a rationalization theory that came from George Ritzer. He came up with the term from increasing and ubiquitous presence of the fast food model in a vast number of organizations that include things we do on a daily basis that make our lives easier and flow faster. Ritzer got the idea because McDonald’s is based on a high demand and it still flows with efficient productivity. McDonaldization principles consist of efficiency, calculability, predictability, and control. Steps in…

Dmitri is set up throughout the entire novel to take the fall for his father’s death. He does himself no favors in this regard, as he declares his intention to commit parricide multiple times and physically assaults his father. Dmitri is set up throughout the novel to be Cain. The jury decides he is the murderer of a close family member and is marked in the eyes of society much like Cain is cast away from God’s presence. This is not, however, Dmitri’s fate. Dmitri does not finally commit the…

“The Great Gatsby” is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, representing the 20’s of 20th century. The novel was released in 1925 but was accepted with mixed feelings at first and sold quite poorly. Throughout the entire life of the author, the novel did not get the proper accreditation he wanted and considered it a failure. However after his death, “The Great Gatsby” became really successful, especially during World War II, and is considered “America’s Greatest Novel”. It won many reputable…

a lot coming through this journey, a lot of sacrifices, difficulties, challenges, and injuries.” Although, she is known to be a perfect gymnast Gabby Douglas is not the first to run into challenges and achieve perfection. Sir Gawain, a knight from King Arthur's court Camelot, is proclaimed a perfect knight after his tempting journey. In the well-known poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, this acclaimed knight’s commitment to following the Code of Chivalry was tested for a whole year.…

Background In 1920s, the Patrician lived in East Eggs, and the “nouveau riches” occupied the West Eggs. Gatsby was born with humble home and poor surroundings. Without the family’s financial support, Young Gatsby catched up for his dreams becoming a wealthy and reputable people. After he made money, he held luxurious party attracting a wide variety of famous people. Daisy was born with aristocratic status, and when she was young, she was in favor of her whole rich family. Daisy also was count by…