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    That is a stupefying example of the 10th rule in the code of chivalry‚ "Thou shalt be everywhere and always the champion of the Right and the Good against Injustice and Evil." Shrek also portrays this ideal when he first confronts Lord Farquaad‚ and he orders the knights to attack the ogre‚ Shrek. Shrek defeats all

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    Religion and Damsels in Distress as Vehicles for Honor and Chivalry in The Morte D’Arthur In The Morte D’Arthur‚ Tomas Malory uses the saint-like character traits and actions of Sir Galahad and the events surrounding Queen Guinevere and Lancelot’s love affair to depict honor and chivalry. In The Miracle of Galahad‚ Sir Galahad upholds honor to a holy point in all of his actions. After King Mordrains’s death‚ Galahad willingly punishes himself by placing his hand in fire; a symbolic representation

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    Reality TV vs. Real Life TV One of the main sources of news and entertainment is television. Every household has a television set in their home which the family consumes hours watching. Many reality TV shows are based on shallow and vague values. The growing trend in television now for our culture is “REALITY TV” (real life on TV). Just like the appeal to junk food or the internet reality TV has a dominant effect on our children and us as adults. There is real life and there is TV-life under influence

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    Appearance vs. Reality in Hamlet To Be or Not to Be? Shakespeare’s Hamlet is the tale of a young prince determined to uncover the truth about his father’s recent death. Hamlet’s uncle (and also the deceased king’s brother)‚ Claudius‚ marries his mother the queen‚ and therefore‚ takes the throne. In the beginning of the story‚ Hamlet is told by the apparition of his dead father that it was Claudius who in fact murdered him. The theme that remains consistent throughout the

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    Illusion vs. Reality In Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman‚ Willy Loman cannot decipher the difference of illusion and reality. He roams around in a dream-like state- confused‚ and unaware of reality. Due to his inability to remain focused on the truth‚ a constant struggle developed inside of him‚ engulfing Willy’s thought process. In the end‚ Willy’s inability to accept reality results in his death. Willy Loman‚ a salesman from New York‚ was an extremely confused man. He worked a job in which

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    My name is bobby singer I’m living in New York City looking for some excitement in my life and I heard there was some gold in the west toward California. It was hard to tell my family I’m leaving them to go out to find out who I am in life. As I was telling my wife about what I was going to she slapped me and California and if they ask to tell them I’m going on a rip for work. She agreed to my terms even if it was going to kill her to do so. So I left during the night when the family is soundly

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    Fairy tales have given us so many ideas about how girls should be treated. How the boys are supposed to give them roses on Valentine’s Day‚ sing them to sleep every night‚ kiss them in the pouring rain. This has influenced girls everywhere to expect their boyfriends to do all these things‚ and more. And if they get disappointed‚ they complain‚ rant‚ cry‚ and become needy and clingy. Of course‚ no one would enjoy being with someone who does all that every time. But fear not‚ fellow women‚ because

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    like in the myth “Perseus” and the movie‚ Clash of the Titans‚ the event are not all the same and some of the causes of the events are not the same either. Different things happen in the movies that are not even close to some of the things in the myth. These differences can either make the story better or just make it less interesting.         The first difference from the movie‚ Clash of the Titans‚ and the myth “Perseus” is how Perseus was assigned to fight Medusa. During the myth “Perseus”‚ Polydects

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    Reality vs. Illusion If an illusion masks reality‚ lies and injustice will pervade. Reality is the basis of how life is lived‚ but when illusion tarnishes the normal‚ people are provoked into thinking as a group‚ and loose their individuality. People in general are intelligent‚ but once people submit to a group consciousness‚ they turn into panic-driven animals. This theory is proven in Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible by characters Abigail Williams‚ Reverend Hale‚ and Judge Danforth. As

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    Appearance vs. Reality In Shakespeare’s tragedy‚ Hamlet‚ there is a dominant and overwhelming theme that is concurrent throughout the play. Throughout the play‚ all the characters appear as one thing on the outside‚ yet on the inside they are completely different. The theme of appearance versus reality surrounds Hamlet due to the fact that the characters portray themselves as one person on the outside‚ and one different on the inside. In the play‚ Claudius‚ Hamlet’s uncle‚ appears

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