Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a poem that was written in medieval times by an anonymous poet known as “the pearl poet”. This is an epic poem that tells a story of a hero going on a quest for his king. It focuses on the code of chivalry and courtly love displayed by the knight. The ideals of chivalry come from the concept of christian morality‚and courtly love a highly stylized code of conduct between lover. This poem exhibits these medieval virtues and many other themes using symbolism‚ parallelism
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Sir Orfeo‚ written by an unknown author‚ employs a variety of poetic devices to immerse the audience in the tale and evoke a myriad of pathos. Throughout this short lay‚ the author calls upon the dichotomy of heaven and hell‚ creating an environment in which the reader remains suspended between the two‚ searching for truth in the world of Sir Orfeo. The fantastical setting of the lay gives the illusion of a beautiful and powerful kingdom‚ unmistakably loyal to their king‚ Sir Orfeo. The calm of the
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Unit 2 business: Aims and Organisations (Part 1) * It is important for business to have aims and objectives because to keep them moving forward and expanding by setting aims it keeps the business motivated to achieve. Objectives are the little steps that help the business achieve its aims‚ without objectives a business would not meet its aims and without aims the business would not survive or grow. * Business aims are a business’s main goal that they want achieving and a way of giving a
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Gawande uses examples from his own experiences to explain how medical professionals can be competent and more than competent. He describes that medical practitioners are competent when they are knowledgeable about diseases and when they can perform medical procedures. In the excerpt‚ Gawande demonstrated his competence by showing his ability to follow another internist’s instructions and by performing appropriate procedures for a “seventy-something-year-old Portuguese woman had been admitted because…she
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SIR SYED AHMED KHAN: HIS LIFE AND CONTRIBUTION Sir Syed’s vision and his laborious efforts to meet the demands of challenging times are highly commendable. The dark post 1857 era was indeed hopeless and only Sir Syed could penetrate through its thick veil to visualize the Nation’s destinies. He rightly believed that the past had its merits and its legacies were valuable but it was the future that a society was called upon to cope with. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (1817-1898) was a great visionary‚
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Charles Darwin once said that‚ “A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ Sir Gawain is an honest and chivalrous knight‚ as seen in his pentangle‚ “The fifth five I find the famous man practiced Were – Liberality and Lovingkindness leading the rest; Then his Continence and Courtesy‚ which were never corrupted; And Piety‚ the surpassing virtue” (Gawain‚ 651-654). Sir Gawain’s chivalrous character
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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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Sir Robert Peel is known in the books as the founder of the first form of an English police department: the London Metropolitan Police. This was after his London Metropolitan Police Act passed in 1829‚ giving greater power to the English police force and establishing what he is known for today. Peels ideas were very well defined and offered a lot to policing even up to modern day. To understand the impact of this‚ we must take a look at Peel’s act‚ and know how it would change policing. Peel was
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The story of a knight going out on an unbelievable quest is nothing new‚ but the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight may be one of the most interesting examples of a Knight going out to face his foe and his designated destiny. The long poem full of wonderful narration and tongue twisters was first written by an unknown writer in the 1400 in the northern part of England . Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was not necessarily an instant hit‚ understandably so‚ at its birth period was not the high
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MY FAREWELL SPEECH – 1994/95 Principal Sir‚ my loving teachers‚ and my fellow Tenacians: Words don’t come easy to me when it comes to speaking on an occasion like this. All throughout my school life‚ I’ve seen batches of students being bade farewell by the school and in all those times‚ I’ve feared the day when I’ll be among those stepping out of the doors of this institution for ever. Today‚ the time seems to have come for me too to make a transition from present to history. I don’t know
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