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    Her First Ball is a 1921 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in The Sphere on 28 November 1921‚ and later reprinted in The Garden Party and Other Stories. Plot summary A young girl called Leila has come to the city to stay with her cousins‚ the Sheridan’s (who also appear in "The Garden Party.") As the story opens‚ they are going to a ball (A formal gathering for social dancing). Leila is very excited: this is her first ball. Once there‚ she is both excited and terrified

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    Miss Brill making up scenarios and ideas about the people around her. She is able to feel better about herself when speaking and assuming things for others. This is really a mask to cover the loneliness she is feeling inside. In “Miss Brill” by Katherine

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    The Wolf and the Black Knight Long‚ long ago where armour was worn‚ and swords were drawn. There was a man in black and a man in white. The man known as the Black Knight‚ stood over six feet tall‚ wielding a sword even bigger than himself. He was alone and had no company. Enjoying his own company. Enjoyed violence and often indulged such gruesome events. The man in white‚ known as The Wolf was a polar opposite‚ he was skinny‚ pale and wielded a silver rapier. He had his own pack of loyal soldiers

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    Samurai and Knights‚ Alike or Different? Samurai and Knights‚ although they had many similarities their differences were greater. Thousands of years ago people from‚ Europe‚ and Japan‚ both regions found their land in pieces. These regions developed a system called feudalism‚ feudalism was when a lord granted lesser lords large pieces of land in return the lesser lords promised loyalty‚ and military service the lesser lords shared this land with knights and serfs. Samurai and Knights alike or different

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    places warriors defended the land of wealthy landowners. In Europe the warriors were called Knights‚ and in Japan they were known as Samurais. Does this make Knights and Samurais the same? After reading the DBQ is clear that Samurai and Knights have more differences than similarities. For example‚ some major differences were their military codes and their armour. Some may say that the Samurai and Knights were more similar than different because they were both warriors. That may be true true but all

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    ways‚ one example is their names. The samurai from Japan and the knights from Europe. These warriors were more different because of their armour design‚ views on death‚ and hereditary loyalty to their lords. One reason why samurai and knights were different was how their armour was made. The armour knights and samurais used were used for the same purpose‚ which was to protect themselves during combat‚ but because samurais and knights fought in different types of wars‚ their armour was designed differently

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    on the Hollywood screen and the actual knights in sewerless castles. Knights and Samurai were both part of the feudal system‚ a system in which a noble in a higher position called a lord or daimyo‚ has a samurai or knight working under him or her. Samurai and knights did not earn money‚ but instead rice or small farming lands called fiefs. Knights and samurai were both trained at a young age and armed with various weapons and armor. The European knights wielded longswords‚ lances and bows‚ whereas

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    Do you ever wonder what would happen if knights and samurais lived together? Even though they lived in completely different places around the world they developed a similar culture. So were the similarities between knights and samurais greater than the the differences they had back then? My thesis is that even though both knights and samurais never met they were more similar than they were different. One reason why samurais and knights were more similar than different is because of the way they were

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    (AGG)knights were an important part of the social system during the middle ages in Europe.(BS-1)Their training and education started at a young age continuing into adulthood. (BS-2)They were then considered to be weapons for their lords. (BS-3)It was expected that all knights live by a strong code of conduct.(TS)Knights helped give rise to the economic and political system known as feudalism through their contributions and involvement in the economy‚military‚culture and law. (MIP-1)Medieval knights

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    The life of the Samurais and Knights were very similar but the Samurais showed fearsome and dedication to their warrior life.They faced many battles which lead to death and won and would win the fight against the knights. Knights had valuable weapons but not enough to defeat the Samurais. Samurais carried a bow‚ the sword‚ a spear‚ and their most prized possession was the ‘Katana’. “ The Katana was a long‚ curved sword. It had a single edged blade and a long handle”. {SOURCE#3} With these kinda

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