Luke Skywalker had a light saber. Robin Hood— he had a longbow. Well my name’s Palladus‚ and I am one of King Arthur’s Knights. I carry the mighty energy sword. With it‚ I wield a weapon of mass destruction. It’s no ordinary sword‚ no it’s sword that can cut through diamond‚ it can also charge up energy particles and fire them at my foes. I am one of the five elite‚ Legend Knights. The others are Pearo‚ Shelton‚ Lacy‚ and Thortus. We each carry and energy weapon. Pearo carry’s the energy gauntlets
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The Wife of Bath The Wife of Bath is acclaimed to be one of Chaucer’s most intriguing characters. She achieved much of her reputation from the depth of her area under discussion‚ luring curious minds into her story and the greater meaning of it all. Chaucer‚ even as a man‚ was successful in representing a relatively fair feminist view of the medieval female’s plight by employing humor‚ historical perspective‚ and individual expression. The text of the Wife of Bath’s Prologue is based in the
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The Green Knight Comparison and Contrast Essay Sir Gawain and The Green Knight is a tale of adventure and a story of journey and games‚ but it is also a morality tale. Sir Gawain is an honorable character who is concerned about the protection and elevation of his honor as a knight. However‚ because he is ashamed about having acquired the attention of Bertilak’s wife‚ he neglects to tell his host. This exclusion of the truth violates the rules of the game that Gawain and the Green Knight had agreed
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Analysis of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” I. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The Norton Anthology of English Literature‚ Vol. I Ed. Stephen Greenblatt and M. H. Abrams. New York: Norton‚ 2006. 162-213. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a romantic poem from the Middles Ages. It is the story of one of King Arthur’s knights‚ Sir Gawain‚ who enters a game with the mysterious Green Knight. The game is an exchange of strokes with an axe‚ but the Green Knight states that a “twelvemonth and a
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The Dark Knight Trilogy 1. Call To Adventure A key part of the Batman movies is that when Bruce was young‚ he fell into an empty well filled with bats and developed a major phobia of them. Bruce Wayne witnessed his parents get murdered by a mugger by the name of Joe Chill when he was young. After years of being raised by his butler‚ Alfred‚ he decides that he is going to kill Joe Chill before he testifies against Mob Boss Falcone. At the courthouse‚ Bruce stands and waits‚ gun in hand. He
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Christopher Nolan is a very smart and creative director. In the hit series batman the film “The Dark Knight Rises” grabbed the audiences attention‚ and for good reason. In his opening seen of the movie Nolan already creates the readers to get a feel of what the theme of the movie is going to entail. The initial 0:35 seconds of the movie Dark Knight Rises focuses on a van driving through an open field. The shot at the beginning of this scene sets the idea of isolation and suspense for the rest
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2. Discuss the relationship between Kay and the Wart. 3. What aspects of medieval life are presented in this chapter? Chapter Two 4. What elements of fantasy‚ superstition‚ and/or the supernatural are introduced in this chapter? Chapter Three 5. Discuss the Wart’s meeting with Merlyn‚ his reaction to what he sees‚ and the result of the encounter. Chapter Four 6. How is Kay described? Chapter Five 7. While he is a perch‚ what does the Wart learn from Mr. P about power? Chapter Six
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messy and unsuccessful. During the Haymarket Affair‚ over 10‚000 members of the Knights of Labor arranged to walk off their jobs for a day. Several days later‚ they held a similar strike‚ however that time‚ in the chaotic strike‚ a bomb went off. The struggle that ensued killed several workers and police. As a result‚ the government randomly hanged 8 people for leading the strike. This ultimately labeled the Knights of Labor as radicals‚ and lowered the union’s power. The strike was a huge failure
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With the known fact that majority of women during the middle ages were widely objectified and used as men’s possessions. The poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight contains similar Charazation of women. The Characters Morgan Le fay and Lady Bertilak are examples of how women were negatively portrayed. The poet of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight uses a snide undertone that shows his true feelings towards women. By the poet snide remarks about lady Bertilak and Morgan le Fay it is clear he himself does
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Prothalamion BY EDMUND SPENSER CALM was the day‚ and through the trembling air Sweet breathing Zephyrus did softly play‚ A gentle spirit‚ that lightly did delay Hot Titan’s beams‚ which then did glister fair; When I whose sullen care‚ Through discontent of my long fruitless stay In prince’s court‚ and expectation vain Of idle hopes‚ which still do fly away Like empty shadows‚ did afflict my brain‚ Walked forth to ease my pain Along the shore of silver streaming Thames‚ Whose rutty bank
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