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    is already a young man that Merlin judges the time is right for him to emerge from obscurity. He travels to London‚ with Sir Ector who has looked after him for so many years‚ and‚ without realising the significance of his actions‚ Arthur pulls the sword from the stone which marks him out as the next king. He quickly gathers around him the bravest and best knights in the kingdom and Merlin makes a round table for them to sit at in the perfect city of Camelot. Thus begin the adventures of the Knights

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    house of Capulet‚ armed with swords and bucklers (1.1.1‚s.d.). As viewers of the play‚ we don’t know that Sampson and Gregory are of the house of Capulet‚ but their clothes tell us they are servants of some great man. To make a big impression‚ rich men dressed their servants in uniforms‚ called "liveries." Present-day street gangs wear "colors" for similar reasons. Sampson and Gregory’s swords and bucklers (small round shields) are important‚ too. Gentlemen wore swords

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    mortally wounded monster crawls to his liar. Beowulf tried to hit Grendel’s mother with a sword‚ but it fails to pierce her skin. He threw the sword away and decided to attack her with his bare hands. Grendel’s mother tries to kill Beowulf with a dagger‚ but Beowulf’s armor defends him. Beowulf accomplished to throw her off of him‚ and sees a sword of a massive size‚ that he instantaneously grabs. He uses the massive sword to kill Grendel’s mother by hitting her from above‚ therefore breaking her collar

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    Chris and Keyon look into each other’s eyes and nod. Keyon looking into Chris’s green hazelnut eyes and Chris looking into Keyon’s coffee brown eyes. They pulled out their light bronze swords and got ready to battle. The Alfusa‚Hades shadow minions‚ (al-foo-za) advanced surrounding the two boys and attacked. The two boys were overwhelmed and outnumbered‚ but they were cutting the monsters down as fast as they could. Their blades were just a blur of brown. They were parrying‚slashing‚stabbing

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    training. First‚ the samurai created and used many different types of weapons. The samurai owned two main types of swords. Their main sword was the katana‚ a curved longsword . The curve on the sword was so when you draw it‚ you can slash the person instantly.(D) The wakizashi was a smaller version of the katana.(D) The wakizashi sword was used when indoors because the katana sword would be too long to be used in combat in these areas and would be impossible‚ so they would use their secondary weapon

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    A man was created a knight by being dubbed (struck on both shoulders with a sword). This was a ceremony that was usually performed in church. In return for a grant of land or money‚ the knight did military service for his lord on a set number of days. To go into battle a knight needed a horse‚ a shield‚ a lance‚ a sword and a hauberk. The knight also wore a conical helmet that had a nose guard for further protection against blows to the face. Norman

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    What Goes Around Comes Around The feeling of justice is brought by the sense of wrongfulness. In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ Laertes a minor character in the play is needed in order to push the theme of justice. For there to be a want in justice‚ there must be an injustice in the characters life‚ Laertes feels betrayed by Hamlet due to the unjust deaths of the ones close to him. The character that feels he was treated unjustly then pushes his agenda toward the denomination that he seeks

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    shows Beowulf’s superhuman strength.  Beowulf’s motive is revenge against the monster for his heinous crimes against Beowulf’s kinsmen. 2. Sword-fight combat against Grendel’s mother in which Beowulf swims to her underwater lair.  This battle too is mythological‚ as Beowulf’s dive is the stuff of legend.  However‚ in this battle Beowulf must use a weapon (sword) to defeat her.  This shows Beowulf’s mortality and gradual deterioration of strength.  Beowulf’s motive is spiritual‚ as he is destroying

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    History assignment The role and importance of warfare in Aztec society: The role and importance of warfare in Aztec society come in many shapes and forms. The Aztecs role in warfare is to conquer and collect sacrifices for their gods. Warfare in the Aztec society included all the males in the Aztecs were expected to participate in at least one way shape or form of war. The Aztecs were so successful they conquered 200‚000 square kilometres to create a empire. The military commander war the emperor

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    Claudius gives Laertes permission to go ahead and carry his revenge against Hamlet. Claudius wants to make sure that Hamlet dies‚ so he plans to have the two do a fencing match. Laertes will poison the tip of his sword and Claudius will prepare a drink of poison if the poisoned sword does not work. The queen enters with news of Ophelia’s

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