Arthur Shawcross: Portrait of a Killer and Pathological Liar Mark O ’Brien Serial Killers Professor Jim Reynolds Florida Institute of Technology June 16‚ 2012 Abstract Serial killer Arthur John Shawcross‚ also called the Rochester Strangler or the Genesee River Killer‚ was prolific in the short time that he was an active killer. From March 1988 to December 1989‚ Shawcross is believed to have killed 12 women‚ mostly prostitutes in the Rochester‚ New York‚ area
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Throughout the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ the presence of chivalry in nearly every aspect of the knights’ lives‚ whether it is being tested or acted upon‚ is hard to miss. During medieval times‚ the ideal of chivalry was how a knight was supposed to act and live their life‚ and in this story‚ Sir Gawain is the embodiment of chivalry even through all of the tests he is put through by the Green Knight and Morgan le Fay. Now‚ in today’s society‚ chivalry is nowhere near as prominent as
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aaa- aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa- aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1-116. Pearsall is concerned with romances written between 1240 and 1400 in England (1240 is the date of the MS in which King Horn‚ etc.‚ appear). (In another article‚ Pearsall has specifically treated fifteenth-century English romances.) "Any sophisticated historical morphology of romance involves a knowledge of date‚ dialect‚ manuscript provenance‚ metrical form‚ exact
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of the most common stock characters‚ in Sir Gawain. The stock character of the hero in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is Sir Gawain--he is the noblest of all the knights in King Arthur’s court--he was the only one to rise up to the Green Knight’s challenge. In addition to this‚ Sir Gawain still keeps the honor of King Arthur when he asks him to allow him to take the challenge: “Release me‚ My liege‚ from the bench‚ and let me come to you‚ Permit me to rise without
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anyone better to raise a shield or rule a kingdom." The main character‚ and protagonist‚ Beowulf is first introduced in the novel by means of ancestral lineage. Born into greatness‚ Beowulf makes his reputation indisputable through action. With the King Hrothgar as witness‚ Beowulf declares his intentions to aid the Danes by way of slaying the awesome beast Grendel who has caused havoc among the lands. "Now I mean to be a match for Grendel‚ settle the outcome in single combat." As every great hero
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a fantasy adventure‚ inspired by the events of the V century‚ the fall of the Western Roman Empire under its last Emperor‚ Romulus Augustus. This joins other facts of history that occurred in Britain and fantastic elements about the legend of King Arthur to provide a basis for the Arthurian legend. The story begins shortly before the coronation of Romulus as Emperor in the year 470. His father‚ Flavius Orestes‚ is the commanding general of the Roman army. Odoacer‚ leader federated barbarian
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King Arthur Every culture has legends and heroes. In England‚ a well-known legend about king Arthur has been passed down through the generations. It is based upon an eighth century chief‚ named Arturius‚ who was well known for defeating the Saxons on the coast of Britain. The story of king Arthur first became an oral tradition and in the twelfth century Sir Thomas Mallory wrote it down. By this time the story was transformed into a legend in which Arthur was a king of England with a magical
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the world of Homer or of Pericles or of Virgil‚ but a curiously medievalized ancient world derived from sources and traditions far removed from what we would today consider the mainstream of classical culture." (D. Daiches). Of the matter of Rome King Alisaunder‚ and The Destruction of Troy are of more than average merit. The matter of France deals mainly with the heroic deeds of Charlemagne and his knights‚ and the chief of these Carlovingian cycles is the Chanson de Roland which tells the story
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should knock if the door is not unlocked. He has an inkling about what the message from Cameliard may contain‚ so urgency wins out over decorum. He quietly but deliberately knocks‚ knowing that Arthur is a heavy sleeper but Guinevere is not. He feels terrible hoping to wake his queen instead of his king‚ but she is much less cranky if she is woken. Plus the message is for her. Sefa silently steps up beside
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Stephen R. Lawhead is a retelling of the Arthur and Merlin legend and reimagines things so that Merlin’s mother comes from Atlantis. The novels take place in both the fifth and sixth centuries‚ and bases these stories on different historical texts and mythological ones. (like History of the Kings of Britain‚ Mabinogion‚ and some works by Geoffrey of Monmouth‚ plus some other ones too) The series has gotten acclaim for how creative it was in telling the Arthur legend and being historically credible
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