Throughout the text Pearl Poet uses many plot devices that can be seen in other literary work like films for instance Scooby Doo. The different plot device that were used in both Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Scooby Doo were the beheading game‚ the use of mythical creatures and the use of characters were the protagonist and the antagonist always meet. The beheading game consists of the chopping off someone’s head with an axe. Moreover‚ in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ Sir Gawain cuts the
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when Scout is walking Arthur Radley back to his house. After Arthur was able to easily come out and help Jem and Scout‚ when they were being attacked by Bob Ewell‚ Scout wondered why he had never interacted in person with them before. This dialogue shows how Scout is growing up and how she is stepping into Arthur’s shoes to fully understand things she never did before. My dialogue adds on to two majors themes in the book. Also‚ it adds an explanation to the reader about Arthur Radley’s life and how
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As demonstrated in The Wooing of Étaín‚ when Étaín’s father‚ Ailill the king of the north-eastern part of Ireland‚ demanded that Oengus clear his land and pay him in Étaín’s weight in gold and silver‚ the family of the bride had to be compensated. This bridal price was typically worth half of the father’s honour price (Kelly
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the books The History of The Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth and The Book of Merlin by T.H White‚ the authors attempt to bring the legend of Merlin alive. The History of The Kings of Britain was written in 1136‚ while The Book of Merlin was created in 1977. There is a clear connection between Geoffrey of Monmouth’s ideas of women and religion related to his writing as well as T.H White’s anti-communist beliefs with Merlin’s attributes. In The History of The Kings of Britain there is a large
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started. It is intended especially for students (high-school age and older) who have read the poem in class. The Story John William Waterhouse‚ The Lady of Shalott 1888 The Lady of Shalott is a magical being who lives alone on an island upstream from King Arthur’s Camelot. Her business is to look at the world outside her castle window in a mirror‚ and to weave what she sees into a tapestry. She is forbidden by the magic to look at the outside world directly. The farmers who live near her island hear
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with Sir Ector‚ Wart’s guardian‚ to become Wart’s tutor. Merlin goes about educating Wart by transforming him into different animals. Through each transformation Wart experiences different forms of power‚ each being a part of how he should rule as king.<br><br>The first transformation plunges Wart and Merlin into the castle’s moat as fish. They proceed to meet the largest fish in the moat‚ who is the ruler. This fish takes what he wants because of his size. In a speech about power‚ he tells Wart
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embodies the ideas of bravery‚ honor‚ and loyalty which is showcased in Arthurian literatures such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Le Morte D’arthur. Sir Gawain presents himself with bravery when he takes King Arthur’s place in the challenge against the Green Knight. “I beseech you my king‚ let this game be mine.” (lines 119-120) He says. By presenting himself in such manner he allowed himself to be recognized as brave for upholding such a challenge from a stranger in
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However‚ he plays a very proud and bold‚ yet rude character‚ as he charges into King Arthur’s Court and demands any one of the men to a challenge. His brash attitude can be depicted from one of his sayings‚ which is as follows: “The Knight of the Green Chapel I am known to many so if to find me thou endeavour‚ thou’lt fail not to do so. Therefore come! Or to be called a craven thou deserves” (J.R.R Tolkien). Even though King Oberon is not immediately shown as a villain and his compassionate side is shown
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The Histrionic Arrival During the course of King Arthur’s New Year’s celebration‚ a mysterious stranger- who oddly is entirely green- interrupts the festivity to challenge the King himself. The green‚ giant-like stranger is described by the poet to be of such openhanded civility; a man who should be paid with high respects. The narrator vindicates this claim in lines 18-20‚ declaring “So monstrous a mount‚ so mighty a man in the saddle/ Was never once encountered on all this earth/ till then;”(The
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Chapter Twelve: Wet and Windy Night The company group is still searching for the man they saw. They discover footprints and start following those. Then‚ as they are getting closer‚ see a man ride off on the back of a horse. The Belbury group finds the empty chamber of Merlin. Frost informs Mark‚ while visiting him in his cell‚ that the trials they have been putting him through are his test to enter into the inner circle. They are trying to rid him of any feelings. Frost explains more about what they
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