Knight Research Papers Samples For Students

An unknown author in the 14th-century wrote “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”. “Arthurian” stories. It takes place during the Christmas holiday that King Arthur and his subjects are celebrating. It’s a celebrating that is taking place in the prime of their life, “the happiest under heaven.” (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight) This mood is interrupted when a strange visitor, The Green Knight Arrives riding a green horse. The purpose of this essay is to establish is the Greene Knight is an evil character, or villain as will be the term used throughout this analysis.
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Ms. Kristy White

English Literature I
Gawain and the Games of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
In the medieval classic Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir Gawain of King Arthur’s Court must answer the challenge of the ‘beheading game,’ in which the Green Knight will give a challenger one chance to hit him with his axe, provided the Knight is allowed to search for him to return the blow at any time in the next year. This starts the journey of Sir Gawain and the games he plays – he must endure many trials over the course of the ...

On the surface, the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight appears to be a simple tale of a knight who accepts a difficult quest and, fulfilling it, returns to the court at Camelot, victorious. However, upon further exploration of the poem, much about its meaning becomes increasingly ambiguous. For example, the poem’s fourteenth century poet could have had a very different intent concerning ideas of chivalry and temptation than a modern reader may assume after reading the poem. Literary scholars argue over the meaning of Sir Gawain in terms of ideas about chivalry, temptation, the role of women, and the place of ...

Introduction:

The tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight starts at a New Years Eve Feast at King Arthur’s court. The lavish feast is interrupted when the Green Knight arrives and issues challenge to King Arthur and any member of his Court to strike him with his own axe, on the condition that the challenger find him in exactly one year to receive a blow in return. When no one, including Arthur takes him up on this so he mocks them. In response to his taunts, King Arthur steps up and starts to take the axe. Sir Gawain jumps in. ...

Nobility in the medieval time shad unquestionable value attached to it. Majority of the nobles lived their lives in luxury and were rich beyond the common man’s wildest dreams. The thought of the medieval knights often brings nobility in mind, hence the question whether knights had to emanate from the noble class. Exemplary works by Sir Thomas Malory (1408–1471) recount the marvelous adventures of chivalrous, heroic knights of super-human ability. The knights, abiding by the chivalry's strict codes of honor and demeanor went on quests to fight and defeat monsters and giants, thereby winning favor with a lady. ...

There is a vivid description of a heroic character in the two literature works: Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The heroic protagonist is portrayed, in both cases, as a plain human being with imperfections in one way or the other. In this work, I have critically analyzed and given a comparison of the heroic qualities of both the characters.

On the onset, Beowulf crosses the ocean to fight and the main reason for the fight is to attain fame and honour. In his society, one of the greatest achievements is fame, especially after death. This is the notion that drives ...

This is not the only instance where Sir Gawain has been said to place his King’s safety before his own. In ‘the Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell’, Gawain agreed to marry and ugly old hag to save Arthur’s life saying “Is this alle?/ I shalle wed her and wed her again,/ Thoughe she were a fend,/ Though she were as foulle as Belsabub,/ Her shalle I wed, by the rood,/ Or ells were not I your frende;/ For ye ar my king with hnour/ And have worshipt me in many a stoure” . ...

Introduction:

On page 41 of “Gawain and the Green Knight” the poem speaks more of metrical romance. In this context the poet brings the theme of hunting and seduction. This is in relation to the frequently distinguished corresponding flanked by the three consequent hunting panoramas which are followed by the three seduction scenes. This clearly highlights the correspondence of the scenes that actually does arise when the lord goes out hunting. In this context the scene that does arise is the one which is illustrated by the lord rising early in the morning and goes deer hunting.

In these ...

Harris KhatriArt work name: Saint George killing the dragon (Bernado Martorell) November 14, 2013Hum 123-002

Oakton Community College

Introduction

Any work of art apart from being attractive and beautiful, it has both a superficial and deeper meaning (Erbach, 2008). This submission examines the Bernat (Bernado) Martorell’s painting of Saint George killing a dragon and describes the form, size, technique, color, texture and lines of the painting. It further gives details of the movement, content, theme and interpretation in art. Figure 1(a) and (b) shows the actual painting of St. George killing the dragon.
Figure one (a) Saint George killing the dragon
Figure 1(b): Dragon being killed by Saint George
According to Wood (2003), this ...

Loyalty is a virtue that is being tested in Morte Darthur story. This has been expressed in very many ways that include revenge, betrayal, war and pardon. This is a reflection of the life that a king with more enemies than friends are has to go through. Being a leader and more especially in a hereditary kingdom can be quite challenging. Morte Darthur has to face the challenge of trusting his Knights enough as well as handling the issue of hereditary kinship. This is an environment where a king lives in a polygamous family yet has to choose an appropriate person to inherit the kingdom after ...

Rosemary Sutcliff's The Light Beyond the Forest is a retelling of the quest to retrieve the Holy Grail, undertaken by four of the Knights of the Round Table - Lancelot, Bors, Percival and Galahad. This story recounts one of the more famous Arthurian legends in English history, and demonstrates both the virtues and flaws of noble knights on a crusade for their king and their God. Due to the scope and the majesty of this noble adventure, the knights conduct many feats of chivalry and heroism - sometimes, their lack of virtue comes back to haunt them and affect their journey. ...

INTRODUCTION

The real estate market is cyclical to the economic movement (Gray, 10). This relationship results in the movement of the real estate market in a similar pattern as that of the economy. With this pattern at work, the economic downturn results in having direct impact on the real estate market performance. Dubai is one of the most important states of United Arab Emirates. This report has focused on the major factors that have influenced the real estate sector of United Arab Emirates, including the impact of 2008 economic crisis. While discussing prior crisis condition of the industry, report has illustrated ...

Games pricing has been entirely interesting. Nintendo has adopted varied strategies of complementary product pricing throughout the lifetime of a product. Before the launch of the Nintendo Wii U, the enterprise took orders for fresh consoles and games, which were all offered at premium prices and the business later adopted a price skimming policy. As the product continues to sell, and most of the customers adopt the product, they started to Lower the price to competitive equivalence, as it reached the end of its life-cycle, the console will be promotionally priced until they attain the bargain bucket. This is because it ...

Talking about end of life plans are perhaps the most difficult discussions that families can have. When an older family member becomes ill, it may be even more difficult for a family to discuss end of life issues because they do not want to cause stress to the ailing elderly family member or to talk about death and final decisions. Many older adults may possess the assumption that their family or a particular relative will make critical end of life decisions even though a discussion about specific plans has never taken place. Unfortunately, by the time an elderly family member has reached a ...

Evolution of Warfare

Since existence, human beings have always waged war. It is claimed that the first action the Homo sapiens engaged in on the global stage was genocide with the complete obliteration of the Neanderthals even though there is no implication of a prearranged war endeavor. The Neanderthals where physically stronger than the Homo sapiens. However, the Homo sapiens could commune and unite to push the Neathadals to areas that were not very favorable for continued existence hence dominating better settlements.

Though many people would think of war as a morally and ethically unacceptably action, it is still a very important form of human ...

Batman: The History of Origin

Created by the artist-writer duo of Bob Kane and Bill Finge, the superhero character of Batman first made an appearance in Issue Number 27 of the popular DC Comics’ series Detective Comics in May 1939. So instant was the popularity of the orphan boy who uses his intelligence and ingenuity to develop cutting-edge gadgets to fight crime in his native Gotham city, that DC Comics launched an entire new comic book series dedicated to the new character that was titled ‘Batman’ in 1940 .
The secret identity of the superhero was that of the heir Bruce Wayne, who witnessed the ...

Many have said that Tupac is alive and well and never died. Is that true? Well, let us go back to Tupac Amaru Shakur on September 7, 1996, was sitting calmly in the passenger side of a black BMW which was driven by the president of Death Row Records Marion named Suge Knight. Suge Knight and Tupac had just ended viewing the Mike Tyson beat down and win of Bruce Seldon which was done at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Before the shooting, Tupac was casually standing up through the sunroof and then the car all of a sudden ...

The Hero-Warrior Ideal in Western Literature

Stories of the hero-warrior in literature trace the progress of Western civilization and the inexorable influence of Christianity. The heroic ideal is one in which the accomplishments and legacies of great warriors have been passed on in stories originating in ancient populations, who adopted the virtues of the hero as their own. In this way, the moral and physical worthiness of a tribe or nation could be traced to the exploits of a mighty forbear. The Romans, for example, exhibited this phenomenon in their claims to have preserved and carried on the martial greatness of Troy. Heroic qualities of courage and ...

In the summer of 1947, something in the sky crash-landed near Roswell, New Mexico. Several locals claimed that there were horrific thunderstorms that summer, and when they were out in the location of the crash, they found metal debris strewn across a wide area approximately three-quarters of a mile long. One of the men, Mack Brazel, took some of metal pieces back to his house and he and the neighbors examined the material. Brazel and his neighbors, the Proctors speculated that the metal could be from a crashed spacecraft. That summer over New Mexico there had been quite a ...

Ching K’o was a guest in Prince Tan’s house, an assassin who would kill for his host and a noble man who did not renegade on his promises.. He was an expert in martial arts, spiritually disciplined and loyal to the core. Ssu-ma mentions Ching K’o in his book Shiji as an assassin who attempt to kill the Chin king failed. The short story about Ching K’o is reminiscent of Chinese short stories of that era. The principles espoused in the stories and by the characters share no similarity with their European counterparts and the ...

In the Canterbury Tales, the Wife of Bath is a character designed to be more like the modern woman. Unlike what is expected of other women to behave at the time (which is to be submissive and obedient to their husbands, to have only one husband, to turn to nunnery when widowed, and to be virginal and pure), the Wife of Bath actively uses sex as a tool to get what she wishes. She demands complete sovereignty from her multiple husbands, and the freedom to do as she wishes in any aspect of her life.
Geoffrey Chaucer designed the ...

The Canterbury tales is a collection of stories which were written in the Middle English at the end of the 14th Century by Geoffrey Chaucer. Most of the tales are in verses though some of them are also in prose form. The Canterbury stories were part of the story telling contest by a small group of pilgrims who travelled together on a journey from Southwark to Saint Thomas Becket where their shrine was located. Chaucer used the tales and the descriptions of his characters to paint a very critical and ironic paint of the English Community at the time in particular the church ...

When many people think of satire, they understand that it is a subversive approach to a certain social or political issue through the use of irony. Works like the Earl of Rochester’s “A Satire Against Reason and Mankind,” Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal or John Dryden’s MacFlecknoe all make fun of some perceived failing of its audience, whether it be the “Satire’s poking fun at rationalism and reason, Swift’s pointing out of the problems facing Ireland as a result of English ignorance, or Dryden’s ridiculing of his contemporaries’ inadequate literary criticism. However, to what end do ...

Similar to other innovations such as an airplane, electricity, and the automobile, film emerged in the global market at the same time. Film industries appeared to be the first type of industrialized mass-entertainment, which has become pervasive. The industries have experienced a quality race that has led to increasing industrial concentration. The evolution of the movie industry may give an insight into technological changes as well as its associated welfare gains in many service industries to come. It is clear that the filmmaking are simply adapting and shifting to two polar points. The industries are trying to improve sensorial experience ...

Discussing the Use of Idioms in the English Language

INTRODUCTION
When we hear phrases like, “it is raining cats and dogs,” “a knight in shining armor,” and “once in a blue moon.” These phrases, or idioms, are not necessarily “self explanatory” and yet we seem to know what they mean, or at least we think we do (Oxford Royale Academy 2014). In order, respectively, they are saying that it is raining heavily, someone came to my rescue, and the last are things that happen very rarely. However, the understanding of these phrases is not innate. You may understand them, I may understand them but to someone who is unfamiliar ...

There is no safer way in which plastic waste can be disposed. Plastic is the main lethal pollutant of the time, it account for 90% of solid waste. It is composed of a non biodegradable substance and toxic chemicals and it causes water and air pollution. Many containers and disposal papers are made of plastic; however disposing them is very difficult as they do not decompose rather build up and cause harmful effects to the environment. Plastics are dated back more than 100 years. The plastic industry began in 1868 and since then many new plastics have been introduced to ...

INTRODUCTION

Depression and depression are examples of mental disorders that are usually common in women. Women usually find it difficult to balance between home duties and work. They are conditions common in developing countries where women earn low income, are exposed to health risks, and undergo domestic violence. Through advancement in technology, there are new diagnostic tools that are used to screen the population and detect those experiencing the common mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, and stress in the community.
Research has shown that anxiety and stress relate in so many ways and they have been proved to ...

This paper sets out to examine the role of the jury in the United States Criminal Justice system and, more specifically, just how safe are the verdicts that the jury reaches in criminal trials. According to Judge Rebecca Knight (2007), a defendant’s right to a trial by jury was written into the 1776 Constitution and ratified in its later updates. Knight quoted the original Constitution as stating “the ancient mode of trial by jury is one of the best securities of the rights of the people, and ought to remain sacred and inviolable.” As a basic principle, it does seem logical ...

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A wedding dress, or a wedding gown, is an elegant clothing which a bride wears to her wedding ceremony. Usually the wedding dress is white, but the bride can actually choose any colour she would like to. There is also a variety of style solutions to the wedding dress depending on fashion trends, the festivity of the wedding ceremony and the choice of the bride. The style of the fashion dress depends on the cultural traditions of every particular country, but in the Western tradition it is accepted that a white dress with a veil is the most classic ...

Introduction

Superhero is a term that is socially accepted and widely revered in today’s society. We are fed with information about their supreme powers and ability to save humanity from evil. Every popular media form has been used to ensure our society fantasizes about their presence and accept their critically maligned narratives (King 167). Vigilante, it’s a word taken from Spanish and it was first introduced to America in the mid-19th century. A vigilante is someone who operates alone or in a group, “takes the law into their own hands” (Butler 1). These people are not endorsed as ...

What are the most effective teaching and / or learning styles for international students? Are these different from those for domestic students?

Introduction

Relocation has been cited as one of the major causes of decline in the academic performance of many international students (Altbach, & Knight, 2007). Research by psychologists indicate that relocation to new countries affect the performance of international students as they are faced with cultural shock and have to struggle to keep up with the country’s education system(Rienties, Beausaert, Grohnert, Niemantsverdriet, & Kommers, 2012). In order to tackle this challenge, educators and psychologists have been developing better ...

Introduction

Racial profiling has always been an issue of discussion over the past few years. It is however, considered the practice done by law enforcement officers to having a target on certain individuals with suspicion of crime based on the individual’s characters. The targets considered as social profiling are based on certain unique characteristics including race, ethnicity, the national origin or even religion. Walking and Williams(2008) state that the discriminatory actions are mainly carried out in the western countries, which have high diversity degree.
The law enforcing bodies, however, treat racial profiling differently. The U.S. department of justice ...

Branding Strategy

The brand name for the company will be “Texas Vegetable Trans-Mobile Stand”. This name has been chosen to encompass the geographical area where the business will operate and the services it will provide. The business will operate within the Northern Texas and the surrounding regions which can easily be accessed. The services will be to provide door to door delivery of vegetable products; hence by using the brand “Texas Vegetable Trans-Mobile Stand”, the prospective customer will be able to predict the products provided by the company and the geographical area within which it will operate (Keller, Parameswaran, & Jacob, 2011). ...

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Introduction
Sex has been considered to be a taboo topic in the human society. For many years, many people buried their heads in the sand and chose not to have public discussions about the topic (Aggleton and Iyer, 2014). This is because it was considered to be a private affair, only between those individuals involved in it. However, times have changed and the realization of increasing sexual activity amongst the youth facilitated the need for action. In this case, sex education was introduced in public schools in a bid to provide necessary information required in the conduct of sexual ...

Introduction

The company Nike, which was initially founded as Blue Ribbon Sports by Phil Knight and a colleague from college, is an idea born as a result of Knight’s paper while undertaking his MBA program at Stanford, which was to import athletic shoes to the US market from Japan. This market was dominated by Puma and Adidas. The company’s initial development was as a distributor for a Japanese athletic shoe company known as Onitsuka Tiger. In 1971, the relationship ended and the following year Nike was formed.
The publicity of Nike was by the use of celebrity athletes sponsors. The company ...

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The rich biodiversity in the Florida panhandle 3
The rich natural history 4
Other regions rich in biodiversity.... 5

Plants 5

Restoration activities in the Florida panhandle 6
Conservation efforts. 6
What next? 7

Works Cited. 8

Biodiversity in the panhandle
Introduction
The Florida Panhandle borders Alabama to the west, Georgia to the North and the Mexico Gulf to the south. The panhandle lies on a strip of land that measures approximately 320 kilometers by 160 kilometers (Blaustein et al. 784). This place is highly-regarded in the world because of its rich biodiversity. Few places can compete with the ...

Located in the North America, Canada has the world’s largest land border in its common border with the United States. The country runs a parliamentary democracy. The system of governing in the country holds the law as the supreme authority where the law stipulates that the country runs under one parliament (See 45).The parliament consists of the crown, the senate as well as the House of Commons. Although the three bodies are distinct, law-making responsibility falls under one federal government, ten provincial governments and three territorial governments. Selected individuals that represent the Canadian people hold the responsibility of ...

The time delay is used in teaching after the teacher has given a task direction of the skill. It is allowed to pass before a prompt is offered with the major aim that the student will accomplish the task independently without any intervention from the teacher. This is used mainly in helping students with mild mental retardation and learning disabilities having difficulties in reading without the intervention of the teacher. This is because if an intervention is not made then there is the chance that the student will not have the ability to accomplish the task that they have been handed ...

A werewolf is a person presented in folklore, superstition or in mythical stories as a human being who is capable of changing into a wolf, at the complete rising of the full moon, while retaining human intelligence. Throughout the history, the myth of the werewolf was used in a lot of stories having different interpretation of the creature. For a better understanding of this evolution, I will pick two different stories regarding werewolf, in different historical periods, medieval and modern and, I will discuss how time passing influences the aspects of the werewolf.
For the medieval period I have chosen one of the ...

A Rose For Emily is a short story that was written in 1930, by William Faulkner. It is considered to be among the greatest pieces of literature that has been interpreted many times. Faulkner writes a story about the life and death of the protagonist, Emily Grierson. The story is arrayed in five sections. First, it starts with the death of the protagonist, and her encounter with the tax officials when they came to inquire about her tax payment. Next, is her father’s death followed by Emily going to a local store to buy poison for an unknown reason that the ...

Definition

Magnification refers to the process of making an object larger or smaller in size. It can be said basically to be the altering of the size the object. The magnified object is referred to as an image. Therefore the magnified object is shall only appear larger or smaller in size with the physical size maintained. This change is calculated and given in a numerical number referred to as the magnification.

Areas where magnification is used

Magnification is used in many fields of study and real life situations. In biology, small objects are magnified so as to be viewed properly. This involves the use of microscopes. ...

Business continuity plans

Management actions prior to cyber attack
“A cyber-attack is an attack initiated from a computer against a website, computer system or individual computer (Holland&Knight, 2013).” It compromises the integrity or confidentiality of information stored in it. The management should determine and evaluate the company’s security chain in order to identify any weak links. The management should formulate a compliance work plan to monitor the highest risks of a cyber-attack. The company should implement an enterprise wide data management program to mitigate the risk of losing company data. The management should also invest in computer security equipment and implement procedures to deter ...

Introduction

Terrorism refers to the systematic use of violence to cause terror among civilians with the purpose of asserting demands and forcing the government to give in to those demands. Individuals involved in terror activity are called terrorists. Terrorists execute terror actions by different means such as bombing, hijacking, kidnapping, and assassination. Based on execution style, terrorism has been classified into different types including state terrorism, bioterrorism, Eco terrorism, cyber terrorism, nuclear terrorism, anarchist terrorism, religious terrorism, nationalist terrorism and narcoterrorism. All of these types of terrorism are perpetrated using some specific methods of violence to convey a message. Terrorist attacks ...

Economies grow because of several factors. One of these factors is the increment in the supply of labor. This is because when there are more people working it means that the production increases. This has the impact of economic growth. This occurs along with adoption of the concept of economies of scale. Economies of scale ensure that the production is continuous with at least one person doing what would have been done by two or more people at the same time. On the same note, specialized labor provides an opportunity for massive and quality production. This means that the ...

US Gun Control Policies Must Be Strengthened

- The Issue
Many would not easily forget the Aurora shooting incident in July, which happened upon the premier night of one of the highly anticipated movies of 2012, the Dark Knight Rises. The movie is noted as the final installment to Christopher Nolan’s interpretation of the iconic superhero that fights in the midst of shadows against criminals such as the Joker, Catwoman and Bane. The suspect, James Holmes, had been noted to have dressed himself as the infamous “Joker” considered as Batman’s arch-nemesis. The suspect had been reported to have used several high caliber pistols ...

According to Knight (114) Aristotle is known as the Greek Philosopher who left a mark in the philosophical word. He learnt most of his philosophical ideas from Plato. In fact together with Socrates and his teacher Plato, most of the western philosophy is attributed to them. His philosophies were the first to left a mark in the western philosophy physics. Indeed even his student Alexander the Great became just as good as he was. Aristotle’s writing covered a wide range of topics including politics, morality, metaphysics, logic, aesthetic and science. Aristotle’s physics was quite impressive and they shaped the medieval ...

Nike Inc is an American company involved in the design, development and marketing of footwear, apparel, equipment, accessories and services. The company is listed in the New York Stock Exchange, and the company prides itself as the global leader in the supply of athletic shoes and apparel. The company is also a leading manufacturer and supplier of sports equipment. The company has also been named as the most valuable brand in the sports business.
Callaway Golf Company, is also a listed company in the New York Stock Exchange which deals with sporting goods worldwide and is involved in the design, ...

In the present times, educational excellence is of ultimate significance towards guaranteeing a productive future for the nation. Education plays an integral role in the opening of opportunities that would have never been realized if an individual had missed education and the subsequent preparation that education provides. The present state of the economy is uncertain, implying that adequate and quality education and training is the solution towards this downturns. However, there are diverse problems that affect education, which imposes negative consequences on the quality of education administered to the students. Therefore, educators have a responsibility of solving the problems if possible ...