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Africa Explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley

This paper consists of nine pages and examines the African exploration of Sir Henry Morton Stanley ad featured in The Exploration ...

Strengths and Weaknesses of Sir Thomas More

In six pages this essay assesses Sir Thomas More's strengths and weaknesses. There is the inclusion of a bibliography....

English Composer Sir Edward Elgar

In five pages Enigma Variations are examined in this report that describes the characteristics of the compositions of Sir Edward E...

Seventeenth Century 'Old English' Literature

observing the "loud mirth in the hall," yet unable to be a part of such fellowship due to no fault of its own, but rather the circ...

Women in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight The Virgin Mary, Lady Bercilak and Morgan le Fay in “Sir Gawain and the Knight”

At the conclusion of the poem, the Green Knight informs Gawain that his actions were the direct result of the commands of the conn...

Sir Hugh Walpole's Observation 'It Is Not Life That Matters, It Is The Courage You Bring To It' Applied to Life

case of a life-changing incident. Indeed, having courage in the face of hardship is one of, if not the most enlightening, empower...

Poems 'Sir Patrick Spens' and 'Schoolsville'

blackboard." The town, then, is basically little more than a school, but a school with grown-ups rather than kid students. ...

'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' Lines 550 to 639 Analyzed

he could not possibly survive such a blow. Lines 550-639 of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" concern Gawains preparation for mas...

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...

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...

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...

Chaucer, Deceit and Medieval Honor

The Miller's Tale and the Pardoner's Tale from Chaucers' Canterbury Tales are compared in this paper to Beowulf and Sir Gawain and...

Damnation and 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

In five pages this paper discusses chivalry and Christianity in a presentation of the argument that Sir Gawain was not destined to...

Sir Walter Raleigh's Guiana Text

In sixteen pages this paper evaluates this 1596 text by Sir Walter Raleigh in order to determine if it is simply a collection of m...

Journey from Childhood to Adulthood in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

due to the fact that he is young and inexperienced (Anonymous Sir Gawain and the Green Knight gawain.html). . In the following pap...

Sir Frederick Maurice's Robert E. Lee The Soldier

book, now out of print, is a detailed account of the life and accomplishments of the Confederate general, leader, and statesman of...

Romantic Hero Sir Lancelot

without peer (Spivack and Lynne 95). Lancelot was originally introduced to readers in French poet Chretien de Troyes Lancelot or...

Heroic Literary Symbolism

In six pages an analysis of the heroic symbolism in the epics 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,' 'Beowulf,' and 'Epic of Gilgamesh...

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...

Northwest Explorers of Canada

In fifteen pages the famed explorers of Canada's Northwest Passage Sir John Franklin, Samuel Hearne, and John Henry Lefroy are exa...

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...

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...

An Introduction to Robert Bolt's A Man for All Season

In this paper consisting of ten pages the play that explores Sir Thomas More's conflict with Henry VIII and his conscience are dis...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...