Why Is Chivalry Dead Or Alive
“Chivalry, dead or alive?”
Are you one of the many that believes that Chivalry is dead? According to the Oxford Dictionaries (2010), Chivalry is the combination of qualities expected of an ideal knight, especially courage, honor, courtesy, justice and readiness to help the weak. Farrell (2002) said that chivalry is a choice; the choice to do the right things, for the right reasons, at the right times. Even though the practice of chivalry is fading, there are still some gestures that few people do today such as offering one’s seat to others, giving a free ride to a lost fellow and helping one to carry their baggage.
One of the gestures that can be considered as gesture of chivalry is offering and giving a seat to the one who needs it more. …show more content…
However, this chivalric act has a tremendous difference during the medieval times and during the modern times. During the medieval times giving a ride to someone was more worry free and more often practiced because during those times, the morbid crimes that are seen today are not committed during the 1700’s because there was a strict and equal repercussion during those times that no dares to make even a wrong doing to their other people even to their enemies. Moreover, this act is afterwards treated with gratitude in which you have to repay. However, as time passes by, this kind of act is slowly being erased from the bucket list of chivalry acts to do. In this present time, though still being done by few people, giving a free ride to a lost stranger for the sake of helping the weak could cost one’s personal belongings such as money, gadgets, the car or even all of it and even one’s life could be at stake or it can be the other way around. This modern era offers too much crime because of the changing situations and policies now and then, leaving the people with confusion of who to trust and who not to trust. Thus, giving a free ride to a stranger is not advisable and recommendable to carry out now, but someday this gesture could be restored as a benevolent act just like during the medieval
Are you one of the many that believes that Chivalry is dead? According to the Oxford Dictionaries (2010), Chivalry is the combination of qualities expected of an ideal knight, especially courage, honor, courtesy, justice and readiness to help the weak. Farrell (2002) said that chivalry is a choice; the choice to do the right things, for the right reasons, at the right times. Even though the practice of chivalry is fading, there are still some gestures that few people do today such as offering one’s seat to others, giving a free ride to a lost fellow and helping one to carry their baggage.
One of the gestures that can be considered as gesture of chivalry is offering and giving a seat to the one who needs it more. …show more content…
However, this chivalric act has a tremendous difference during the medieval times and during the modern times. During the medieval times giving a ride to someone was more worry free and more often practiced because during those times, the morbid crimes that are seen today are not committed during the 1700’s because there was a strict and equal repercussion during those times that no dares to make even a wrong doing to their other people even to their enemies. Moreover, this act is afterwards treated with gratitude in which you have to repay. However, as time passes by, this kind of act is slowly being erased from the bucket list of chivalry acts to do. In this present time, though still being done by few people, giving a free ride to a lost stranger for the sake of helping the weak could cost one’s personal belongings such as money, gadgets, the car or even all of it and even one’s life could be at stake or it can be the other way around. This modern era offers too much crime because of the changing situations and policies now and then, leaving the people with confusion of who to trust and who not to trust. Thus, giving a free ride to a stranger is not advisable and recommendable to carry out now, but someday this gesture could be restored as a benevolent act just like during the medieval