The early training and culture of Venture Smith and Gustavus Vassa prevents their spirits from being broken under the hardships of slavery in Africa, America, and Europe. Inevitably, the slavery paves a way for them both to become abolitionist leaders. After analyzing the autobiography of Venture Smith and Gustavus Vassa, despite what they may have gone through or seen growing up they display the act of surviving through any trial or tribulation at the end.…
In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a famous chivalric romance by Pearl Poet, Morgan is the reason for Green Knight’s visit to Arthur’s court. She wanted to frighten Guinevere, wife of King Arthur. Her hostility to Guinevere was caused by Guinevere ending Morgan’s affair with Guinevere’s cousin, Guiomar, in the myth, Vulgate Lancelot. Regardless of the idea of Morgan’s hostility towards…
Sir lancelot du lake was carried off by the enchantress vivien, The Lady of the Lake, who in time sent him to Arthur’s court. She did a great job a teaching him, for her careful education and his love for queen Guinevere set him off on a path to become the greatest knight in camelot and produced the very model of chivalry. People are often confused because in the chivalric code it says you should not steal another man’s woman but in launcelot’s case he is justified because before King…
EDMONTON - Cecil Elmore Wilson, age 82, passed away Thursday, November 9, at his home. He was the son of the late Lenus and Lorene Shirley Wilson. He was retired from Metcalfe County Farm Supply and worked for many years at National Brush Lumber Company in Glasgow. He was also a retired farmer.…
The author of Equus, Peter Shaffer, explores the idea of differing views of Religion by showing contrasting characters and conflicting points of view. Specifically focusing on how showing the contrasting ideas of sanity and insanity in regards to Alan and Dysart. These techniques of contrasting characters and contrasting points of view are used to explore the main idea of what is normal.…
This saying, quoted by Mustapha Mond, instructs his citizens to disregard the painful lessons of history and to ignore the past in order to focus on future progress. Society disregards history because if people understood what came before, they might not less willing to put their trust in science and progress. History is "bunk," as Mond says, because it revolves around human frailties and emotions such as love, anger, vengeance, and temptation. Such things are no longer part of the human experience and, according to Mond, have no place in a society built around maximizing…
Knights were praised but certainly not considered as perfect, even the best knight of all time, Lancelot, betrays his own king by having an affair with the queen Guinevere. But knights are still valuable and, most of all, perfectible.…
The artwork that I have chosen to critique is by an American artist named Robert Motherwell, (1915 -1991). The particular piece I have chosen is called "Open" # 150 in black and cream 1970 acrylic on canvas 69 x 204 1/4 inches at the Modern Museum. This artwork is a symmetrical balanced abstract painting that is about 41 years old and is horizontal in its organization and is made up of one neutral color cream rectangle inside at the top of one large intense black color rectangle. Counting a total of 7 actual lines, three straight vertical and four straight horizontal lines. The large rectangle is an extremely intense black color which contrasts dramatically with the off white (cream) rectangle. The colors in the painting are brilliant and extremely appealing to the eye. It was the first artwork that I came across and focused the…
In Chretien de Troyes' Lancelot, Gawain and Lancelot set out in quest of Queen Guinevere. Both value honor above all else and are willing to fight for it. When given the suggestion that he should call for aid in battle, Roland replies, "Almighty God forbid that I bring shame upon my family,and causes sweet France to fall into disgrace! I'll strike that horde with my good [sword]". When Lancelot, during his dual with his love's captor, sees Guinevere watching him his devotion to her and his hatred of his opponent "make him so fiery that Meleagant [surrenders]." Their adherence to the code of chivalry and the gravity of honor felt by these two men caused both to do things others would not and thus immortalized them as…
Lanval by Marie de France follows the story of an enigmatic woman who romances the protagonist of the story, a desolate knight named Lanval. Their short love is intense, yet largely unexplained. Analyzing the elements of character between the woman and Lanval force the reader to challenge the conventional role of enchantment in a story. This concept alters our conclusions about not only their relationship, but relationships in our own world as well. While Lanval may seem happy at first, this essay will seek to demonstrate that the enchantment of the woman has grave consequences no only for Lanval, but also the whole of the Arthurian court.…
Acts of loyalty appear multiple times in both tales as the characters are tested and tried through each event. In Andrea Hopkins's compilation the Chronicles of King Arthur, Arthur's loyalty to the Camelot and the ideals that built it are constantly scrutinized as his wife, Guinevere, has an affair with his noblest of knights, Lancelot. He knows of this happening, but chooses to ignore the acts, knowing that the public attacks from it could internally lead…
The female figures in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Queen Guinevere, Lady Bertilak, and Morgan le Fay, play an important role in the shaping of Sir Gawain’s destiny on his quest of his own beheading. This essay will discuss the most powerful female figure in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Lady Bertilak, and how her role in Sir Gawain’s quest to find the Green Knight shaped his destiny.…
Navarre Scott Momaday who known as N. Scott Momaday is a Native American author who wrote “The way to Rainy Mountain in 1969. In the essay he tried to get back in his heritage by undertaking a journey to Rainy Mountain in Oklahoma where he visited his late grandmother’s grave. In this essay he also tries to tell the story of his departed grandmother Aho, who belonged to the last culture to spread in North America. No wonder she had memories of hardship while war was her ancestor’s sacred business. She also saved the stories of legends, myths and narrative accounts in herself and often told the family. Her purpose of the story is to let other people know that even through hardship, good results can appear. He also gives many excellent examples of lessons from where we can learn. We can learn how to survive and where to stop. From the history she got…
Lancelot is portrayed mostly as a love-struck man and not a very logical knight. From the first moment he is introduced, he is seen as someone sick from love. He will do anything to save his love, Gweneviere; even if that meant dishonor. When Lancelot rode on the cart, he was immediately labeled as someone bad. He pushed aside reason for love. "Because love ordered it, and wished it, he jumped in; since Love ruled his action, the disgrace did not matter." (212) There seemed to have been nothing that could stand in the path of Lancelot.…
David LaChapelle was born in in Fairfield, Connecticut in 1963. He is an admired commercial, fashion, and fine art photographer known for his hyper- realistic photographs with clever social messages about popular culture, religion, and history. LaChapelle’s photography career started in the eighties when he began showing his artwork in galleries around New York. Andy Warhol presented David LaChapelle his first commercial photography show. LaChapelle has accumulated a huge body of commercial and fine art photography, constructing superficial, vibrant color images that take signs from all regions of culture and art history, incorporating Pop and Surrealism alongside religious iconography and consumerist ideals.…