Popular culture is a curious thing. In a society where writers spend vast amounts of time and energy exploring the character complexities of criminals‚ portrayals of correctional officers are almost consistently unflattering and one-dimensional. Correctional officers are almost always portrayed as bad guys. They are depicted as inherently sadistic and mindlessly authoritarian‚ as one-dimensional characters without redeeming qualities. This inaccurate and unsympathetic image of the guard is
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Essay Two: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight & The Canterbury Tales For your second essay you are going to analyze both Sir Gawain and The Canterbury Tales and explain their relationship to each other. You have three options for this assignment. Choose one of the three options. Do not choose more than one. Option One: Compare and contrast the use of humor in the two works. How does the use of humor help to support the central theme of each? Does one author make better use of humor? Be
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cinematic universe‚ Logan‚ may be the finest and most endearing ‘superhero’ film of the last 20 years. It is clearly the most violent film of its type—so violent it’s anti-violent—but like the best of the genre (Nolan’s Batman Begins and The Dark Knight are obvious examples) it is dripping with philosophy—X-23’s backstory is a textbook in bioethics‚ while Logan’s initial treatment of her‚ and Xavier’s arguments in favor of protecting her‚ gives us a resounding discourse in situational and value ethics
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proves to be a courageous Knight. Thomas Mallory wrote "Le Morte d’Arthur" and The Pearl Poet is the anonymous writer of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and they each show how Gawain reacts in different situations in each story. Both stories are about a knight who faces a challenge. The Knight has to fold‚ or be a courageous Knight‚ face and beat the challenge presented to him. Sir Gawain proves himself to be more courageous of a Knight in “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” Gawain in “Le Morte d’Arthur”
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The knight-errant is similar to the medieval knight who follows the code of chivalry‚ fights honorably‚ and defends the weak and poor. However‚ the knight fights for and is loyal to his or her liege‚ whereas‚ the knight-errant fights on the side of justice and pledges fealty to no one. Regardless of the gender‚ all knight-errants exhibit certain character traits such as righteousness‚ honor‚ and bravery. These properties of the knight-errant are evident in the three short stories‚ “The Sung Founder
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S. Knight Samurai and Knights were different but the similarities were greater because of their rankings‚ training‚ armor‚ fighting technique‚ code of honor‚ and death viewpoint. The Japanese called their warriors Samurai‚ and the Europeans called their warriors Knights. They both swore oaths of loyalty to noble lords and fought to the death to defend them. This happened at the same time even though Japan and Europe were thousands of miles apart. Samurai were a little higher up than Knights in
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he is purposely attempting to make them as different as possible. Two characters that he describes are the Knight and his son‚ the Squire. These two differ in many ways‚ as often shown in Chaucer’s work. What makes the Knight and the Squire special; however‚ are the similarities that this father-son couple holds toward each other. The beauty of the comparison and contrast between the Knight and the Squire (their character‚ their clothes‚ and their experiences)‚ so close on the family tree‚ can be
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Michelle Knight. The author does an excellent job retelling her eleven years in captivity and her escape as well. Even though this book includes many distressing events that occurred during those eleven years‚ Knight always had hope‚ which helped her overcome her many struggles. The author provides a voice for the individuals out there who cannot share theirs. People love tragedy‚ bringing this book to the spotlight‚ and even the bestsellers list. The harrowing experience Michelle Knight distinctly
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The story of King Arthur is one that has been told for generation in many different ways two telling are the book The Acts of King Arthur And His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck and King Arthur directed by Antoine Fuqua. In the Steinbeck version Arthur is the king of England and the son of King Uther Pendragon and Lady Igraine. Due to a deal Uther made with Merlin‚ a wizard‚ Arthur was raised by Sir Ector as though he is his own son. Later on Uther passed away from an illness and lords began to
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Problem Statement Four knights‚ 2 white‚ and 2 black are sitting on a 3x3 chessboard. The knights were really bored‚ since they spent all of their time sitting on the chessboard doing nothing‚ so they decided to try switching places so that the white knights would end up where the black knights started our and the black knights would end up where the white knights started out. To do this‚ the knights had to follow the following rules: - No two chess pieces can occupy the same square at the
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