Who is Sir Lancelot? Sir Lancelot‚ Knight of the round table‚ has a longer name of Sir Lancelot du Lac. Sir Lancelot is the son of King Benwick and Queen Elaine. He was very a courteous and courageous knight. He always served others willingly. Legend has told people that Sir Lancelot was left at the shore of a lake and the one who found him‚ Vivien‚ Lady of the Lake‚ raised him till he became one of the most wonderful knights in the world’s history. Sir lancelot had three known women that wanted
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different attitudes towards love; I have selected four poems that consider this issue and show the poets true thoughts on love. Two of my texts‚ ‘Leaving Prince Charming Behind‚’ written by Karlo Mila and ‘Advice to a discarded Lover‚’ written by Fleur Adcock‚ both look at the theme of love and past relationships in a negative and quite a depressing manner. Whereas‚ the other two texts deal with both the poets sweet‚ happy and more realistic attitude towards the power of true love. ‘To the girl who stood
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Sir Orfeo‚ written by an unknown author‚ employs a variety of poetic devices to immerse the audience in the tale and evoke a myriad of pathos. Throughout this short lay‚ the author calls upon the dichotomy of heaven and hell‚ creating an environment in which the reader remains suspended between the two‚ searching for truth in the world of Sir Orfeo. The fantastical setting of the lay gives the illusion of a beautiful and powerful kingdom‚ unmistakably loyal to their king‚ Sir Orfeo. The calm of the
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Sir Henrin of Anchorage was a small‚ poor knight. Anchorage was a small village outside Camelot‚ and when King Arthur knighted him he became the lowest rank of Knights‚ and kept his title‚ though a proud citizen of Camelot. He had vast knowledge in the art of dancing‚ and in books‚ as well as tremendous physical strength. Had he been born to a more wealthy family‚ the charcoal haired male would have been much more desirable. Sir Henrin was all right with his the small amount of things he had; the
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Sir John A. MacDonald John A. MacDonald was the first Prime Minister of Canada and he was truly a founding father. I chose John A. MacDonald because he was an important man without him‚ Canada would not have been as it is today and because of him‚ Canada has more land and a higher population. He made the Red River Settlement (the Metis’ land) become the province of Manitoba. He purchased Rupert’s Land from the Hudson’s bay Company. That land became the Northwest Territories. Throughout
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Richard Branson’s Leadership Holding more than 200 companies in more than 50 countries‚ including the recent Virgin Galactic‚ a space-tourism company‚ the virgin group is a business force like few others (Biography.com‚ 2014). Employing approximately 50‚000 people worldwide this international investment group was originally set up as a mail-order record business the Virgin Group has gone on to grow in various business sectors ranging from mobile communications‚ transportation‚ travel‚ financial
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Sir Isaac Newton (1642~1727) Isaac “Ayscough” Newton Jr. was born prematurely on Christmas Day in 1642; Newton grew up in the town of Woolsthorpe (England). He was fatherless and once Newton was born‚ his mother left him with his grandmother and left town in order to remarry. His childhood was anything but happy‚ but once his mother returned in 1653 after the death of her second husband she demanded that Newton leave school in order to fulfill his life as a farmer. Of course‚ he eventually proved
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Sir Francis Drake was born in Tavistock‚ Devon around the year 1540 and went to sea at an early age. In 1567‚ Drake made one of the first English slaving expeditions as part of a fleet led by his cousin John Hawkins‚ bringing African slaves to America. All but two ships of this expedition were lost when they were attacked by a Spanish squadron. After that attack‚ the Spanish became a lifelong enemy for Drake and they also considered him a pirate. In 1570 and 1571‚ Drake made two moneymaking trading
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February 1st 2012 True Love and its Obstacles Love is one of the most important things to the survival of the human race‚ because it allows humans to work together and connect with each other. To live life without love is not living a fulfilled life. Finding true love may seem like the difficult part of a relationship with another human being‚ but the obstacle that hinders the relationship coming together is the most difficult part. My essay will explore the theme “true love” and the obstacles that
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Love is something that means very different things to different people. For some‚ love can be purely romantic‚ or even purely sexual. For others‚ real love is utterly unconditional and only truly exists between family members‚ or between people and a deity. And for some people‚ love is fluid‚ ever changing‚ and everywhere‚ and is felt for family‚ friends‚ partners‚ pets‚ and even inanimate objects‚ dead artists‚ and fictional characters. None of these people would be right or wrong‚ but one thing
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