Article Summary When chivalry backfires: Benevolent sexism and attitudes toward Myra Hindley Lesley Smith Fort Valley State University Viki‚ Massey‚ and Masser (2005)‚ conducted empirical research to determine if the hypothesis “that paternalistic attitudes may influence people’s perception of female offenders” could be accepted or not (p. 109). Research has shown that paternalism can be defined as either hostile sexism or benevolent sexism (Glick and Fiske‚ 1996). Benevolent sexism
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The Canterbury Tales: Review Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is considered as one of the major beginning marks in English Literature. The Canterbury Tales‚ written in 14th century is a collection of short stories mainly in verse form. The stories in The Canterbury Tales are told by a group of 24 pilgrims on pilgrimage from Southwark to Canterbury to visit the shrine of St. Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. A Prologue to The Canterbury Tales introduces the major characters of the
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to do something and you do it wrong‚ he might make you do it again or do something bad to you. The knights treated women kind so we got these acts of modern day chivalry as traditional forms of courtesy and kindness toward women. An advantage to this‚ is that you won’t have a man come up to you and slap you because of their code of chivalry. Another advantage is that women back then did not get a lot of respect and so to have this ability‚ it was probably awesome! In conclusion‚ this is how the knights
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Romanticism is a great part of the modern view of the middle ages. Those modern views include the middle ages discussion of chivalry‚ romantic‚ courtly love‚ and the knight’s code; a modern American view of chivalry is that of a knight in shining armor saving a fair maiden upon his noble white steed. One of the most famous courtly love men is known as Arthur Pendragon‚ King of the Britons. Numerous adaptations of Briton’s
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Many different traits and characteristics are thrown together to create the heroes of a story. They are usually the brave‚ noble types‚ not out for greed or glory‚ hoping for love‚ but living through chivalry. Heroes are also seen as the most honourable character in the tale. But what exactly is honour? To be truly honourable‚ a man must embody three main characteristics: loyalty‚ compassion and the willingness to forgive. Two protagonists that portray these traits are King Arthur and Beowulf‚ each
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Quixote" is a well thought out satire of medieval romance novels. He illustrates the rotting of people ’s minds by creating a man who embarks on a fabricated knightly quest. An interesting fact is that Cervantes himself tried to write romances of chivalry‚ but did not succeed. Don Quixote ’s detachment from reality serves as a comical approach to a culture escaping from reality. The pastoral romances of Cervantes ’s time were generally about knights embarking on quests to save chaste maidens‚ fight
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Test of One Knight’s Chivalric Attributes Loyalty‚ courage‚ honor‚ purity‚ and courtesy are all attributes of a knight that displays chivalry. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is truly a story of the test of these attributes. In order to have a true test of these attributes‚ there must first be a knight worthy of being tested‚ meaning that the knight must possess chivalric attributes to begin with. Sir Gawain is self admittedly not the best knight around. He
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contrast‚ Hotspur is very much the man of action‚ though Shakespeare suggests that action‚ when it is untempered by thought and political acumen‚ is a dangerous and deadly quality. Initially Hotspur is held up as a superb soldier and a model of chivalry and honour in marked contrast with Hal’s idleness and frivolity. The contrast between the two Harrys begins in Act 1 with King Henry’s praise of Hotspur’s victories in battle. Hotspur is referred to as ‘gallant Hotspur’ and the King describes him
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The code of chivalry is “a complex set of ideals” that “demanded that a knight fight bravely in defense of three masters. He devoted himself to his earthly feudal lord‚ his heavenly Lord‚ and his chosen lady.” The knight also protected the poor and the weak. Most knights
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The Big Sleep- The depiction of Marlowe as a modern-day knight The novel “The Big Sleep” by Raymond Chandler was published in 1939 during the heart of the Great Depression. The novel is written in a very sinister‚ dark and kind of a gangster tone and carries much of the cynicism of 1930s America. The Big Sleep is a story of intrigue‚ corruption‚ delinquency and obliquity with a rather complex plot which can be very confusing. The main character in “the Big Sleep” is the private detective Philip
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