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    Green Knight is a Middle English romance poem written by an anonymous West Midlands poet also credited with a lot of other poems written during that time. The protagonist‚ Sir Gawain‚ survives two tests: a challenge‚ which he alone without the assistance of King Arthur’s knights accepts‚ to behead the fearsome Green Knight and to let him retaliate a year later at the distant Green Chapel; and the temptation to commit adultery with the wife of Lord Bercilak--in reality the Green Knight--in whose

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    The Knights role in Medieval Times centered around enhancing their knightly skills in the use of weapons‚ horsemanship and medieval warfare. The Medieval Knights Armor was extremely expensive to produce. It had to be tailor-made to fit the Knight exactly or the Knight ran the risk of an ill-fitting suit of armor hampering him in battle. A Medieval Knight’s Armor was a complex series of garments‚ chain mail‚ and iron plate. The warhorse‚ often a destroyer‚ was favored by the Knight on a horse. The

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    The poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late 14th century Middle English alliterative romance. It explores the notion of temptation through the quest of a hero. It presents this quest as a game between the green knight and Sir Gawain and involves numerous sets of laws and codes of chivalry that need to be adhered to. The question of whether Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a poem that is a social critique of medieval society or a challenge to personal morality and virtue causes much debate

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    Samurai and Knights were warriors in the Middle Ages. Samurai were from Japan and Knights were from Europe. Although they didn’t have any contact with each other‚ they were very similar. To become one of these warriors‚ each person had to go through intense training. After becoming a warrior‚ they had to pledge loyalty to a lord. After pledging loyalty to a lord‚ the Knight or Samurai received money or land for their services. The Samurai of Japan and the Knights of Europe were very similar. This

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    ENGLISH LITERATURE English literature and English history In this introductory lecture it better to say something about the intimate connection between English literature and English history. They go hand in hand: they are both sides of the same coin. English history is considered as the fundamental base for English literature. A history of English literature has therefore a national‚ as well as a personal character and interest. The inner life of each generation is revealed in the literature. In studying

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    Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: * Chivalry- Code of behavior of medieval times. The theme of Sir Gawain and The Green Knight is Chivalry. This was written in dialect and said to be written by a monk‚ but author remains unknown. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ The Green Knight was a creation by Arthur’s half-sister‚ Morgan le Fay‚ the ruler of mysterious Avalon‚ to embarrass the knights of his court. The Green Knight approaches the court offering beheading games and the winnings game while

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    did you find your evidence? Question Answer Relationship—Choose one: Right There Think and Search Author and Me Gawain is said to be Arthur’s most noble and faithful knight. Would you agree or disagree with that statement? Why? Please explain your answer in detail. I agree‚ because none of the other knights would take the challenge‚ and were willing to let King Arthur do it himself‚ except Gawain‚ he stepped up and took his kings place. Right There The seduction of Gawain by Lady

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    influence‚ which maximizes the efforts of others‚ towards the achievement of a goal. Phil Knight‚ co-founder and chairman of Nike‚ Inc. is the epitome of an innovative leader who revolutionized the sports industry. In the past‚ he has also served as the company’s chief executive officer. Nike‚ Inc. is one of the largest if not the largest suppliers of athletic shoes and apparel around the world. Although Phil Knight has never been a professional athlete‚ owner of a team‚ or been employed in the sports

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    2. Introduction BP is one of the largest multinational corporations in the world. According to CNN (2011)‚ BP is the fourth largest multinational corporation in the world and employs over 80‚000 people and making annual revenue of $392 Billion. BP has massive influence on the global economic climate and has the operation capacity to affect stakeholders. This essay will analyse BP’S current stance using Porters five forces. It will also establish who are the most important stakeholders and suggest

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    The first descriptions in the poem are of savagery‚ ‘the thing‚ rough and crudely done‚ cut in coarse stone‚’ these are to signify how imperfect the object is‚ made by an imperfect being thus indicating the objects inferiority. But‚ conversely these images could also indicate a certain sense of simplicity within the object; it is not needlessly ornate. The next are of disdain for the object‚ ‘spitefully placed aside‚ as merest lumber‚’ the attitude of the collector lends to the idea that they prefer

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