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    white knight of Gotham‚ district attorney Harvey Dent. A pawn in the Joker’s game‚ he loses his fiancé and half his face in an orchestrated explosion. Dent‚ the once heroic emblem of justice‚ is perverted by a demented individual to his ultimate physical and ethical demise‚ culminating in a homicidal rampage and eventual death. As Dent himself articulates‚ “[y]ou either die a hero‚ or live long enough to see yourself become the villain” (Nolan). Harvey Dent in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight is

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    14/03/03 Response on " Diary of Mrs. Amelia Stewart Knight" When I finished this article I started to realize that the life of pioneers was not just one big adventure‚ but they had to face some really difficult problems like dangerous river crossing‚ bad weather‚ different kinds of accidents and diseases along the way without any chance for medical treatment. But first of all I had make a research to answer one question before all the problems along the way. It is how much did pioneers traveling

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    the discussion in Unit two‚ my group and I gave a definition of an heroic epic of literature is a brave and noble character in an epic poem‚ admired for great achievements or affected by events. Out of the two Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ Beowulf hands down is the ultimate heroic epic of literature. As I mentioned in the discussion group. After reading the work‚ He showed all those traits mostly at the beginning to Hrothgar. "Beowulf‚ my friend‚ you have traveled here to favor us

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    Tennessee Williams’ Harold Mitchel: Chivalrous Knight to Cowardly Boy In Tennessee William’s play “A Streetcar Named Desire”‚ Harold Mitchel stands out as a chivalrous man among his group of friends and thus catches the eye of Blanche DuBois. Blanche desperately relies on his gentlemanly nature and demands a certain amount of cavalier that he is pleased to match. Harold‚ better knows as Mitch‚ gets clumsily excited around Blanche’s extraordinary behavior‚ which‚ in substitute‚ feeds her desire

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    Popular culture is a curious thing. In a society where writers spend vast amounts of time and energy exploring the character complexities of criminals‚ portrayals of correctional officers are almost consistently unflattering and one-dimensional. Correctional officers are almost always portrayed as bad guys. They are depicted as inherently sadistic and mindlessly authoritarian‚ as one-dimensional characters without redeeming qualities. This inaccurate and unsympathetic image of the guard is

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    cinematic universe‚ Logan‚ may be the finest and most endearing ‘superhero’ film of the last 20 years. It is clearly the most violent film of its type—so violent it’s anti-violent—but like the best of the genre (Nolan’s Batman Begins and The Dark Knight are obvious examples) it is dripping with philosophy—X-23’s backstory is a textbook in bioethics‚ while Logan’s initial treatment of her‚ and Xavier’s arguments in favor of protecting her‚ gives us a resounding discourse in situational and value ethics

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    Essay Two: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight & The Canterbury Tales For your second essay you are going to analyze both Sir Gawain and The Canterbury Tales and explain their relationship to each other. You have three options for this assignment. Choose one of the three options. Do not choose more than one. Option One: Compare and contrast the use of humor in the two works. How does the use of humor help to support the central theme of each? Does one author make better use of humor? Be

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    proves to be a courageous Knight. Thomas Mallory wrote "Le Morte d’Arthur" and The Pearl Poet is the anonymous writer of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and they each show how Gawain reacts in different situations in each story. Both stories are about a knight who faces a challenge. The Knight has to fold‚ or be a courageous Knight‚ face and beat the challenge presented to him. Sir Gawain proves himself to be more courageous of a Knight in “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” Gawain in “Le Morte d’Arthur”

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    After reading W.A. Neilson’s translation of Sir Gawain and The Green Knight‚ one could find allegorical connections with the characters. Each of the main characters represents represents three main concepts that one could compare to the life in the twenty-first century. Sir Gawain‚ a honored knight‚ can be compared to everyday day people. The Green Knight can be seen as a Godly figure. Lastly the fair lady seen as a sin. When comparing the main characters of the poem‚ one could find allergy connects

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    The knight-errant is similar to the medieval knight who follows the code of chivalry‚ fights honorably‚ and defends the weak and poor. However‚ the knight fights for and is loyal to his or her liege‚ whereas‚ the knight-errant fights on the side of justice and pledges fealty to no one. Regardless of the gender‚ all knight-errants exhibit certain character traits such as righteousness‚ honor‚ and bravery. These properties of the knight-errant are evident in the three short stories‚ “The Sung Founder

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