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1) Richard is remodeling his room. He wants to know which tile is the strongest and that will last the longest. To test the experiment, Richard will drop a 1lb rock, 2lb rock and a 6lb bowling ball. Whichever tile that breaks he will not use, and the most durable one, he will use. The independent variable is the durability and the dependent variable is the weight Richard will be putting one, since its changing. He starts with Tile Type One he first drop the 1lb rock, there is no visible crack.…

In literature there tend to be many stories where a hero goes on a journey to save his beloved home and become the hero that he/she wants to be, but only in a few of those stories does the hero truly find out what kind of hero he/she really is. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Gawain gets thrust into several daunting tasks and challenges and gets pushed to his edge with trying to preserve his life and uphold the honor of Camelot.A number of archetypal situations occur in Sir Gawain and the…

Compare and contrast Don't you wish you wish you where strong enough to to pull a sword out of a stone! In the story, “ The Sword in the Stone,” Arthur had the courage and strength to remove the sword from the stone, even though people were telling him that he would not be able to do it. This story took place in the medieval time. Courage is of the main characteristics that Arthur shared in both of the the video and the story, “Arthur Becomes King” and “The Sword in the Stone”. The Sword in…

Life During the Middle Ages The knights followed a code of honor during the Middle Ages. They had to be brave, courageous and be loyal to the king. The excerpt Sir Gawain and the Green Knight translated by Burton Raffel conveys chivalry and character during this time in order to show Gawain's integrity. During the Middle Ages there was a code of chivalry for the knights. It was a moral system which went beyond rules of combat and introduced the concept chivalrous conduct. Some qualities were…

Sir Gawain’s Knightly Ordeals Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a romantic epic poem by the Pearl Poet that follows a knight through his quest to complete a challenge he accepted from the Green Knight. King Arthur was raised by Sir Ector , married to Gwenevere, and he rose to power at Camelot, the Utopia kingdom. King Arthur’s knights had many stages they had to go through in training to prepare to be the best. Sir Gawain, one of those knights, is King Arthur’s nephew. He was the only knight…

and performed condemnable deeds. Not every deed that Morgana carried out was admirable, but her reasoning for taking the darker path rooted from somewhere. The Knights of the Round Table and the King and Queen of Camelot…

Many themes are evident in the film Kingdom of Heaven. One of the more important themes is heroism within the film. The film began by showing how the hero in the film started off with hardship, but then continued to do good as a hero within the film. This film used martyrdom, equality of the people, and moral understanding to create this hero within the film. Martyrdom means to the characters in the film staying true to one’s self and doing what is right even if it means dying. This is first…

Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales introduces a total of twenty two characters in the Prologue, each with a small blurb describing appearance, temperament, and general personality. One of the most positively described and distinguished characters introduced is the Knight. It is obvious that Chaucer holds a high opinion of the Knight through his descriptions of the Knight’s chivalry, wisdom, and gallantry. Firstly, Chaucer describes the Knight’s overwhelming chivalry through describing his noble…

In another segment of the film, King Arthur finds himself in the midst of a witch Trial. He listens to the towns people as they confront Sir Bedevere the Wise. The towns people accuse a woman of being a witch, because she is dressed like one (even though they are responsible for her outfit). Sir Bedevere states that there are other ways of determining whether the woman is a witch. He starts his explanation by stating that witches burn, and asks the peasants what else burns, to which they reply,…

to their lord. Giving all to your lord was hereditary in Japan and Europe. According to Document B, Loyalty to the Feudal Lord in Japan and Europe, it says, “Loyalty towards the Feudal Lord in Japan and Europe was hereditary.” This means that the service from a feudal lord went from father to son. This shows that the son took care of his dad and learned from him because he would be in that position one day. Just like the Samurai he was very loyal to his lord. Even though the knight didn’t give…