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    Women‚ Courtly Love and the Creation Myth in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ a great epic written in fourteenth century Europe by the Pearl poet‚ emphasizes the opposition of Christian love to Courtly love in the 13th century through the dilemma of Sir Gawain‚ one of the great knights of the Arthurian round table. By examining the women in the poem‚ Gawain’s dilemma becomes a metaphor for the contrast of these two distinct types of love. The poem looks

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    Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Canterbury Tales were both remarkable pieces of literature that are key to the development of society. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a tale that represents the chivalric code‚ order‚ Christian virtues and respect. The Canterbury Tales‚ however‚ somewhat poke fun at the church and mock its workers‚ and is filled with lust and cockiness. Both of the works were written in the same time period. While they were written in the same time period‚ the two stories

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    loyalty to the Green Knight. He agreed to the knight’s challenge and after a year of waiting with anticipation‚ he willingly seeks out the knight knowing that he will die during the encounter. Nobody forces Gawain to seek out the knight‚ he does it because it is the knightly thing to do. During his search for the Green Knight‚ Gawain stays in the home of a man who goes by Lord Bertilak for a couple of nights. After his stay‚ one of the men helps him go to the Green Chapel where the Green Knight is

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    Table of Contents 1. Introduction 9 2. Purpose 9 3. Methodology 9 4. What is Green Building? 10 5. Objectives of Green Building 11 6. Why Build Green? 11 7. How do buildings affect climate change? 12 8. Benefits of Green Building 12 9. Elements of Green Buildings 13 9.1. Siting and structure design efficiency 13 9.2. Energy efficiency 14 9.3. Water efficiency 14 9.4. Materials efficiency 14 9.5. Indoor environmental quality enhancement 15 9.6. Operations and maintenance optimization

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    Dominant Thumb Lab Report

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    Background examination for the Dominant Thumb Experiment: • Upon reading the literature that the researcher found by googling‚ "Thumb Dominance‚" they discovered that almost every human being has a dominant thumb whether it be the right thumb or the left thumb on top after naturally clasping their hands together. However‚ if the individual tries to force their clasped hands to let the other thumb become dominant it ’s most often described as feeling awkward or abnormal. In 1999‚ a scientist by the

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    Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is an Arthurian romance‚ which begins in King Arthur’s court‚ during New Year’s Eve feast. Unexpectedly‚ a figure known as the Green Knight‚ appears and presents a challenge. He challenges Arthur‚ or any other brave knight‚ to use his own axe to strike his head. Then in a year’s time‚ the Green Knight would be able to return the blow. Everyone was shocked at this challenge‚ no one accepted‚ and the Green Knight scorned them for their cowardice. King Arthur steps forward

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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

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    Gawain and The Green Knight” A green knight appeared to King Arthur an the Knights at the Round Table. The Green Knight then challenged the knights too use his axe and cut of his head‚ but after they have done the Green Knight will also get the chance to do the same to them. No knight at the took the challenge so Gawain the weakest of the knights took the challenge‚ knowing he is the weakest took the challenge knowing he would be the least miss. In the story “Sir Gawain and The Green Knight” written

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    and 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

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    analysis essay. A few classic examples of medieval romance are Beowulf‚ King Arthur and a main focus on Sir Gawain and the Green knight. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a story about King Arthur’s nephew‚ Gawain. The story is about a mighty green knight who comes to the round table wanting to play a game. A brave knight will strike the green knight with an axe once after a year the green knight gets to return the strike to whomever strike him. However the Knight must find him and as we learn in the story

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