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    Many works of literature from the same era often have similar story lines and themes. In the epic poems of Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ both of these epic poems seem to have much in common. Each story seems to emphasize truth‚ honor‚ and heroism are the most important qualities a person can demonstrate. While both stories seem to have the similar qualities there are also many differences. All the qualities emphasized are exhibited differently. It seems that although heroism is

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    The chivalrous ideal and courtly love in the English medieval period (Sir gawain and The Wife of Bath) Contents INTRODUCTION pg. 2 UNIT 1 - Background research on courtly love and chivalry pg. 3 UNIT 2 - The chivalrous ideal and courtly love in ’’Sir gawain and the Green Knight’’ and ’’The Wife of Bath ’’

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    Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Sir Gawain versus Beowulf A true hero is one who is willing to sacrifice his own existence for the life of another. Two characters portrayed as heroes are Sir Gawain‚ a character from the tale Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ and Beowulf‚ another character from an ancient British epic entitled of the same name. The difference between Beowulf and Sir Gawain‚ is that Sir Gawain is a real hero‚ and Beowulf just thinks he is. The two heroes can be compared in many

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    acted upon in the same way. In The Knight of the Cart‚ Guinevere is presented a piece that is fought over just like the land in Historia Regum Britannie. Lancelot has to go on a quest to retrieve Guinevere from Meleagant‚ and he must fight multiple times to obtain her‚ so while the expansion of actual land is set aside‚ romantic desires are still a form of claiming territory. When Lancelot appears before the King‚ the King says to Lancelot‚ “You won’t find the knight who brought her here generous enough

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    Sir Gawain and The Green Knight by W.R.J. Barron‚ is a medieval tale depicting a specific quest of Sir Gawain. In the story‚ Sir Gawain is confronted with temptations that test his chivalry and moral compass. The article "Medieval Misogyny and Gawain’s Outburst against Women in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" by Gerald Morgan argues that there is proof that woman are blatantly accused of causing the knight to almost fail his quest and that men are placed higher above women. As a reader of both

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    Samurai OR Knight In the article “knights and samurai” a document based investigation it clearly shows how a samurai would win on a one on one battle against the knights. While knights and samurais have many similarities‚ in a one on one battle‚ the advantage would be to the samurai and this can be seen in Armor‚ training‚ and beliefs. The first way that samurais have an advantage is by their armor. In document D written by Terry Bennett it says “ A knight’s armor could weigh 40 to 60 pounds.”

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    In medieval Europe a knight stood in shining armour across his lord’s house‚ side by side with his fellow soldiers‚ all looking the same. A wave of fully covered metal humans swept across the plains‚ with long swords and horses‚ both looking like robots while they defended their lord’s land. Thousands of miles away in Japan‚ some samurai stood in intricately designed armour with crossbows and swords ran or rode on horses and fought so they would have defended their master’s land. The bright and

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    In the story "Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady"‚ Sir Gawain was loyal‚ true and a perfect knight. The story itself is about King Arthur who will be killed by Sir Gromer if he does not figure out what women truly desire. He searches England asking women this question‚ but none have the correct answer. He then meets Dame Ragnell who is the ugliest women ever. She claims to have the real answer but won’t tell him unless he lets her marry Sir Gawain‚ the kings trusted knight. Sir Gawain said that he will

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    Knights and Samurai have many similarities. They are different too‚ because of their culture‚ and skills. While they have differences and similarities they both would have a chance to win if they were at war. The Knights and Samurai have a 50‚ 50 chance to win because of their armor‚ training‚ and code. Samurais and Knights both have a fair chance to win a fight because of their armor. In the Terry Schappert Warrior Video produced by the History Channel it stated‚ ¨The Knight’s sword was 4 feet

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    places warriors defended the land of wealthy landowners. In Europe the warriors were called Knights‚ and in Japan they were known as Samurais. Does this make Knights and Samurais the same? After reading the DBQ is clear that Samurai and Knights have more differences than similarities. For example‚ some major differences were their military codes and their armour. Some may say that the Samurai and Knights were more similar than different because they were both warriors. That may be true true but all

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