a. King Marsiliun is the antagonist of this epic. He is the last king that Charlemagne has to conquer to acquire Spain. Undoubtedly‚ King Marsiliun’s small‚ pagan army could not withstand a war from Charlemagne’s vast and skilled militia‚ so he devised a plan to trick and weaken Charlemagne so Marsiliun and his army could victoriously attack them. Marsiliun sent his pagan servants into Charles’ domain to request that Charles return back to Aix where they would meet‚ and Marsiliun and his followers
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The Song of Roland is an epic poem based on a battle during the rule of Charlemagne‚ in the year 778‚ called‚ the Battle of Roncevaux. It was composed between 1040 and 1115‚ the first version being written in 1040‚ with many additions and edits up until the completion in 1115. The first nine manuscripts of the epic‚ were written in Old French. The oldest version was written in Anglo-Norman. The Song of Roland is one of the first examples of the chanson de geste‚ which is a literary form that occurred
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Song of Roland is considered to be the national epic of the French‚ as well as a source of patriotism for the French people (Cunningham 1). It created the basis for Old French literature and the French language as we read it today (Taylor 35). This epic has stood the test of time‚ with the first known translation of The Song of Roland being brought to light between 1086 and 1170 (Keller 242). For many years‚ scholars have debated the reasons and meanings for The Song of Roland. Did Roland actually
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Roland Barthes and the End of the Nineteenth Century Roland Barthes was a French philosopher‚ linguistic‚ critic and theorist. He was also the first begins systematically to think through the intellectual changes in the study of fashion and clothes. His fashion theory has a close relationship to his structuralism and linguistic knowledge‚ and defined fashion‚ clothes their origins and functions within the system. First of all‚ Barthes saw fashion as a whole system. Based on the article
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The Crusades Top of Form How did the Song of Roland reflect the ideals of the time? What was important to Crusaders? The Song of Roland depicts disregarding the actual history‚ Charlemagne capable of conquering all of Spain. The account is legend. Roland‚ a Frankish lord and Charlemagne’s own nephew. The "treachery" of the Christian Basques becomes transformed into the treachery of a single man‚ Ganelon‚ and the Basques themselves are replaced by Moslems‚ whom the poet calls Saracens or pagans
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What Makes a Hero? The characters Roland‚ Aeneas‚ and Gilgamesh are similar in that they possess the principal qualities of an epic hero. What makes an epic hero is an individual who is‚ righteous‚ gallant‚ impressive in war‚ an advocate for his society‚ and has impacted history in some way. In The Song of Roland‚ Roland transpires as a hero as his deeds are motivated by his gallantry and dedication to the ruler. He represents the good in the epic’s theme: good versus evil. The
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insecure days‚ people would tell oral stories of great heroes‚ like those of Achilles‚ Aeneas‚ and Roland. Achilles was a Greek war hero who fights in the Trojan War‚ a ten year long war between Greece and Troy (present day Turkey). Aeneas was an epic hero in ancient Roman folklore. He was a soldier who fought in the Trojan War and after surviving the destruction of Troy‚ he later founded the city of Rome. Roland was an epic hero of the Franks‚ a Germanic tribe in present day France. All three of these heroes
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for good. When a picture of a “hero” is searched‚ images of men flying with capes will be the number one result. So that must be all there is to being a hero. The French epic poem The Song of Roland portrays the ideal hero‚ or knight‚ as Roland‚ one of the twelve peers under King Charlemagne’s rule. Roland is shown as the ideal knight with a tragic flaw‚ his pride and hotheadedness‚ through his heroic actions and loyalty‚ his heroic deeds are further exemplified through his stepfather’s jealousy
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colonies govern themselves independently? I believe that they can‚ and they should. But if you are asking me‚ am I willing to go to war with England? Well‚ then the answer is most definitely NO!” – The Patriot The Patriot was directed and produced by Roland Emmerich in 2000 and filmed in Charleston‚ South Carolina where parts of the movie were actually based. The movie stars Mel Gibson‚ Heath Ledger‚ and Joely Richardson. Set during the American Revolution‚ French and Indian war-hero Benjamin Martin
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Kaitlyn Neal Period 7 November 3‚ 2012 Peak: Roland Smith A= Adventure; A boy named Peak gets in trouble for scaling the side of a skyscraper in NYC B= Believing; he can reach the mountain before his birthday C= Chance; his dad sees the chance for his son to be the youngest and first to climb Mount. Everest D= Dangerous; climbing E= Embarking; the journey begins F= Falling; Peak wishes he doesn’t fall off the mountain G= Gut-wrenching; it’s the climb that changed everything H=
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