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    In the novel‚ The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle‚ mysterious events happen. Detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson return to Dartmoor‚ England‚ for an adventure full of secrecy. Through Doyle’s confound novel‚ the theme of not being ruled by fear is developed through secret Baskerville stories‚ upset characters‚ and revealing crimes Accordingly‚ the new secluded Baskerville story‚ has lead to a tragic death in the family. At the beginning of the novel‚ there is a terrifying

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    Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Muslim reformer: Through the 1850s‚ Syed Ahmed Khan began developing a strong passion for education. While pursuing studies of different subjects including European [jurisprudence]‚ Sir Syed began to realise the advantages of Western-style education‚ which was being offered at newly established colleges across India. Despite being a devout Muslim‚ Sir Syed criticised the influence of traditional dogma and religious orthodoxy‚ which had made most Indian Muslims suspicious of British

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    An Analysis of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” I. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The Norton Anthology of English Literature‚ Vol. I Ed. Stephen Greenblatt and M. H. Abrams. New York: Norton‚ 2006. 162-213. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a romantic poem from the Middles Ages. It is the story of one of King Arthur’s knights‚ Sir Gawain‚ who enters a game with the mysterious Green Knight. The game is an exchange of strokes with an axe‚ but the Green Knight states that a “twelvemonth

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    Viktoriya Stolyar Mrs. Rivard English 12-7 Honors Period 2 01-18-13 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight has many examples of chivalry in it. One of those examples is when Sir Gawain takes the challenge presented to King Arthur. This is an example of the first part in the Code of Chivalry. This same event is also an example of the second part of the Code of Chivalry‚ responsibility to the king. The Code of Chivalry states that knights are to have respect for the Christian faith. This is shown by

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    The story “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” has many different settings and locations that are intertwined in the confusing‚ but humorous story. It starts out at King Arthur’s kingdom‚ Camelot. There is a knight that rides in on a horse asking to seek the leader. “Where is he‚ he said‚ The Captain of the crowd” (Pearl-Poet 167.225). The knight then proceeds to talk about how he has a game and ask one of King Arthur’s knights to cut his head off in exchange in a year he gets to return the favor. There

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    not respected as capable members of the human race. Much of the chivalric code that knights prided themselves on was based on the assumption that women could not achieve much for themselves‚ and therefore‚ men had to accomplish it for them. However‚ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight demonstrates that women possessed the ability to achieve their demands and utilizing their influences however they desired. Morgan le Faye and Lady Bercilak were women who did not play by the rules of their society‚ while

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    In section 3 of the poem ‘The Lady of Shallot’ the ‘Lady’ sees Sir Lancelot riding on the road beside the river towards Camelot. His appearance is the first thing that has ever made the ‘Lady’ look directly out of the window‚ instead of through the mirror like she usually did. In the verse Tennyson creates a strong impression of Sir Lancelot. At the beginning of the verse‚ Sir Lancelot is seen to be a warm and positive character who brings hope. The impression of joy is expressed by Tennyson’s

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    characteristics of a hero‚ such as chivalrous‚ brave‚ moral‚ and so forth. When looking at these‚ it’s not hard to recognize Sir Gawain from the poem “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” as the embodiment of a true hero. In fact‚ Joseph Campbell‚ the author of the hero’s journey monomyth concept‚ suggest that a hero follows the various stages to complete his or her journey‚ and according to this Sir Gawain follows the narrative of an archetypal hero. Joseph Campbell’s comes up with 12 stages that are found universally

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    Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a medieval romance following Sir Gawain while also conveying the deeper message of the imperfection of man. The Gawain Poet uses the green sash to symbolically deepen the illusion of immortality and to remind us to be strong against the power of temptation. The honorable knight Sir Gawain can be seen as this brave‚ loyal‚ almost divine figure that doesn’t fall to the temptations of lust and greed; that is until he is faced with the fact that he is indeed still human

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    In the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight written by the Pearl Poet‚ Sir Gawain is proven to be a true knight. The Pearl Poet proves Sir Gawain’s true knightmenship in many different ways. Sir Gawain succeeds in earning the title “true knight” by passing the Green Knight’s test and proving the valor of King Arthur’s knights‚ but he makes mistakes in the process because he is human‚ like everyone else. The first thing that Sir Gawain does in the story that proves that he is indeed a true knight

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