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Analysis of Waverley by Sir Walter Scott

written as hardly to be distinguished from memoirs... The splendid pages of Froissart, with his heart-stirring and eye-dazzling de...

Life and Accomplishments of Sir Robert Peel

In six pages this paper examines the law enforcement theories of Sir Robert Peel, the inspiration behind London's 'bobbies' polic...

Politics and Art

In five pages the ways in which political climate has always been reflected in art are examined and includes various cultural work...

Courtesy in Gawain, the Green Knight & Chaucer's Tales

issues of courtesy will be evaluated in order to determine whether or not invoking its precepts is a help or hindrance in civilize...

The Significance of the Arthurian Legend

In eight pages this research paper discusses the impact upon the Arthurian legend upon medieval literature and includes The Weddin...

Tests Endured by Sir Gawain

is that which involves a dual or battle. He states that if anyone can defeat him, here and now, they must meet him at another spec...

Classic Literary Poets, Searchers, Lovers, and Heroes

In six pages this paper examines these character genres and how they occasionally have coincided or overlapped throughout literary...

Chivalry Changes in Literature

women... Defend the weak and innocent... / Fight with honor... / Avenge the wronged. / Never abandon a friend, ally, or noble caus...

Medieval Literature and Common Themes

is a serious offence. But Ganelon, the man who is held, has a friend who challenges his accuser to a match and the friend loses. T...

Poetry and Time

can one accept that time runs out and that everyone will die someday? After all, time is of the essence. How does one love, be hap...

Focusing on Medieval Literary Suffering

In this paper of five pages the human suffering featured in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' and 'Beowulf' along with other theme...

A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt and Thomas More

In five pages this paper presents a protagonist analysis of Sir Thomas More featured in Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons. Ther...

Concepts of Good and Evil in Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott

source in Ivanhoe, helping the reader to immediately understand the direction Scott is heading with his opposing forces. Th...

Comparing Moral Characters in 'Sir Gawain And The Green Knight'

that anyone had truly doubted his mortality any time prior - and renders him just as vulnerable as any other man. Indeed, this pa...

Time, Space, and Sir Isaac Newton

In five pages this report considers the statement 'True, and mathematical time, of itself, and from its own nature, flows equably ...

Society, Man and Destiny

In ten pages this paper evaluates the extent of man's power over his fate within the literary contexts of 'Epic of Gilgamesh,' 'Th...

A Debate about the Nature of Man, Argued by Hamlet, Beowulf and Sir Gawain

The writer presents an imaginary debate among Hamlet, Sir Gawain and Beowulf on the nature of man, why he has been placed on earth...

Renaissance Literature and Love

In five pages this paper examines how love is represented in Boccaccio's 'The First Day,' Peter Bembo's 'The Asolani,' John Milton...

Literature and the Influence of Sir Isaac Newton

in Cuban literature, does possess a sense of whimsy, imagination and childlike intentions that may also be incorporated into Garci...

Giving Orders in World War I

Four of the most influential senior commanders in World War I were Colonel-General Helmuth von Moltke of Germany, General Philippe...

Medieval Literature's Portrayal of Honor and Dishonor

In seven pages this paper examines how Medieval literature thematically portrayed honor and dishonor in a comparative analysiis of...

Pentangle's Symbolic Meaning in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

In five pages this paper examines the moral truth representation of the pentangle in an analysis of the 'Sir Gawain and the Green ...

Architect and Playwright Sir John Vanbrugh

In five pages this paper examines the writings and architecture of Sir John Vanbrugh. Three sources are cited in the bibliography...

Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott

In five pages this paper examines the reaction of the reader to the Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott. There are no other s...

Victorian Mindset in the Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Louis Stevenson

discussion will illustrate these points, and references to the city of London are referred to whenever possible as they substantia...

The Christian Influence in Medieval Literature

made of its mortality" (Dante 539). For Dante, then, "the way to God is found in human life. This was Abelards message. It was the...

Symbolism in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"

/ Arrayed of the Round Table rightful brothers ... / the feast was in force full fifteen days" (37-39, 44). They are celebrating t...

Magic in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

it seems, and along with these stories there is always Gawain, illustrating a foundation of magic in the times, and in the stories...

Raphael Hythloday in More’s Utopia

Hythloday understands that princes normally have a nature that enjoys money and war, as stated in the following: "For first of all...

Sir Thomas More: His Life and Works

"spent the next four years in the Charterhouse in devotion and prayer" (Kreis). During his time there he composed poetry and Latin...