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: * 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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Sir Gawain says that he laid aside all the pointed speeches that came out of Lady Bertilak’s mouth‚ “All the speches of specialte that sprange of her mouthe” (1778). This is because she has destroyed his masculinity with her words. She offered herself to him at first‚ and by rejecting her‚ he automatically began to walk the path towards femininity. Lady Bertilak has feminized Sir Gawain’s body‚ and in a way is preparing him to accept the girdle which she offers to him later on (Kinney 53). The girdle
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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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values‚ interest‚ sports‚ and etcetera. Sir Winston Churchill is one of the oldest schools in calgary‚ for years Sir Winston Churchill has proved to be a school built for producing high achievers. In Sir Winston Churchill the school values‚ academics‚ athletic success‚ citizenship‚ hard work‚ and caring alumni. Sir Winston Churchill is a school that is all about having students grow and progress‚ some schools give up on students with poor futures but Sir Winston Churchill does not.
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Sir Christopher Newport was one of the 3 founders of Jamestown in 1607‚ he also established the first permanent English Colony in North America. Sir Christopher Newport was an explorer but not only an explorer he was a captain and then quickly became a master mariner at sea‚ then later in life he was promoted again to one of the principal masters of the navy. Sir Christopher Newport was in war with spain in 1587‚ and raided the Spanish Caribbean yearly until 1603‚ after that a peace was signed with
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Biography of Sir Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake was the 1st Captain to circumnavigate the globe from start to finish ALIVE. Since Magellan was killed on his journey‚ that gave Drake the distinction of being the first. Name: Sir Francis Drake Date of Birth & Death: 1540 – January 27‚ 1596 Country of Origin: England Sir Francis Drake’s Main Accomplishments Drake’s biggest major accomplishment would be the circumnavigating the world from 1577 to 1580. He is the 2nd person to circumnavigate
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Chretien creates a paradox between Lancelot’s name and his identity. There is a dispute between whe he is and how he is seen through the story. This struggle between Lancelot’s identity and name reflects on the various running themes of the nature of Love in the tale. Section 1: In the aristocratic society in which Lancelot lived‚ one’s identity was almost entirely dependent on one’s name. This is why Lancelot’s feat of accepting a ride in a cart is so devastating. To ride in the cart was
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Rodriguez Period 3 2/20/12 A Chivalrous Man Sir Gawain was a type of man who was very chivalrous in all ways a knight should. There was no other knight that could quite compare to King Arthur and Queen Guinivere’s noble nephew. He was well known all around as the kingdom’s most honorable knight. Sir Gawain was the kind of man that did whatever he knew was right with great morals. In Tolkien’s translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ Sir Gawain accepts a challenge in order to preserve
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