Research Paper On Holy Grail

     “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” is a satiric comedy about the quest of King Arthur. The movie starts out with Arthur, King of the Britons, looking for knights to sit with him at Camelot. He finds many knights including Sir Galahad the pure, Sir Lancelot the brave, the quiet Sir Bedevere, and Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Lancelot. Through satire and parody of certain events in history (witch trials, the black plague) they find Camelot, but after literally a quick song and dance they decide that they do not want to go there. While walking away, God (who seems to be grumpy) come to them from a cloud and tells them to find the Holy Grail. They agree and begin their search. While they search for the

3. The Holy Grail: The Holy Grail, a vessel, was used by Christ at the Last Supper. The jaunt to find the vessel became the principal quest of the knights of King Arthur. Many of Arthur's knights sought out

King Arthur was a man of secrets, illusions, and tricks, yet he did all of these deceitful actions to attain his one goal, and that was the coveted Holy Grail. The Holy Grail was very appealing to him for many reasons, and it actually still has this significance to date. Supposedly, or historically, the Holy Grail was said to have been the cup that Jesus Christ had poured his blood into for his disciples to drink at the Last Supper. However, before anyone got the chance to drink in for the remembrance of him, he was whisked away and interrogated by the Jewish priests. He then was brought before Pontius Pilate, sentenced to death, and died on the cross. Yet after his death, one of his loving followers, Joseph, used the chalice to collect the blood that Jesus gave for humanity. Joseph then proceeded to hide this chalice from the Jewish priests who desired it, and was immediately arrested and jailed because of this. However, all hope was not lost. “Jesus appeared before Joseph, carrying the cup (Grail) that brought radiance into his dark cell. Jesus gave the chalice, which would be called the Grail, into Joseph's safekeeping” (Ashe). It was in Joseph’s possession from there on out, yet someone got the hint that he had hid it away again.

The Holy Grail is known to be a multitude of things. To some it is the cup that held the wine used at the Last Supper, to others it was the cup used to catch the blood of Jesus on the cross, and lastly it’s also been known to be the cup of vinegar that served Jesus on the cross. Many people in the Middle Ages believed that this cup held powers such as, a surplus of food, good health, successful wars and other things as well. The Grail represented divine power for whoever had the cup. Many question the Grail because it is also referred to as a cauldron as well as a stone.

In the land of Yggdrasil a Holy Grail will appear every sixty years and thus starts the Holy War leading the world into chaos. The Holy Grail is capable of granting one wish to the one that stands before it and have been approved by the Fairy Queen, Shiro. There was a legendary hero that had wished upon the Holy Grail and ended the Holy War forever, her name was Miyuki Pendoragon, she was also known as the King of Knights.

Derived from the stories of the Last Supper being seated at a round table with an empty seat for the one who betrayed Jesus.

The Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Norfolk, Virginia represents a blend of old European Catholic traditions with soulful and animated African-American Christian worship. With its predominantly black congregation led by a white Irish-American priest, the impressive church was only recently named a “basilica” by Pope Francis, making it the first African-American church in America to receive this recognition. This also makes St. Mary's, the “Mother Church” of Catholicism in Virginia, the first church in the state to be named a basilica.

Over the past month, we read the Story of the Grail by Chretien de Troyes. This poem details the progression of the knight Perceval. In the beginning, Perceval is not called by his name, instead he is referred to as “the youth”. This is an important detail to stress, because the poem is a coming of age story. As the poem progresses, the reader is able to see definitive changes in Perceval’s character. For example, in the beginning of the poem Perceval uses the limited knowledge that was bestowed upon him by his mother in order to complete his “knightly” duties. To make it worse, Perceval feels the need to tell everyone he meets that his mother is the one that taught him everything he knows. Eventually, Perceval outgrows this behavior and becomes a suitable knight. Throughout the poem, Perceval goes through many trials and tribulations, but for the purpose of this essay I will unravel the allegorical meaning of Perceval’s fight with the Red Knight using all four levels of interpretation.

The Holy Grail is the mystical cup that Christ used at the last supper and it is believed that it holds special powers. The Grail was considered to be a bowl or dish when first described by Chrétien de Troyes (Holy Grail – Crystalinks). Hélinand of Froidmont described the Grail as a "wide and deep saucer" (O’Neal 79). Other authors had their own ideas: Robert de Boron portrayed it as the vessel of the Last Supper; and Peredur had no Grail per se, presenting the hero instead with a platter containing his kinsman 's bloody, severed head (Holy Grail – Crystalinks). In Parzival, Wolfram von Eschenbach, citing the authority of a certain (probably fictional) Kyot the Provençal, claimed the Grail was a stone that fell from Heaven, and had been the sanctuary of the Neutral Angels who took neither side during Lucifer 's rebellion. The authors of the Vulgate Cycle used the Grail as a symbol of divine grace. Galahad, illegitimate son of Lancelot and Elaine, the world 's greatest knight and the Grail Bearer at the castle of Corbenic, is destined to achieve the Grail, his spiritual purity making him a greater warrior than even his illustrious father. Galahad and the interpretation of the Grail involving him were picked up in the 15th century by Sir Thomas Malory in Le Morte d 'Arthur, and remain popular today.

Leonardo da Vinci is thought by some to have begun painting the Mona Lisa in 1503 or 1504 in Florence, Italy. This piece of art is known as "The best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world.” It was once owned by King Francis I of France, but as of now is the property of the French Republic, on permanent display at the Louvre Museum in Paris since 1797.

I long for your presence in my life, my life currently in the crusade being the knights Templar is difficult. We need to travel through stormy, scorching deserts, to reach and protect the promise land. Thinking that one day we will be able to reunite again keeps me alive. I have travelled with my men for many weeks, in hope to reach Jerusalem, the road is difficult as we are travelling through the desert, food and water supplies are scarce. It is difficult being the knights Templar serving our God, the road may be hard, but the monastery had prepared my earlier life for this role, and I am proud to be serving our God and to protect the promise land from harm that comes it's way.

The Quest of the Holy Grail is an exciting tale that follows the adventures of King Arthur's knights as they scour the countryside for the legendary Holy Grail. Throughout their journeys, the knights engage in many exciting jousts and sword fights with a variety of enemies. The author of The Quest of the Holy Grail intends for the story to be more than just entertainment: the knights' search for the Holy Grail is analogous to the pursuit of morality and spiritual chivalry, showing success through asceticism, confession, chastity, and faith.

The Holy Grail is globally known as an element of the Arthurian tradition; a cup that Jesus drank from at the Last Super and held his blood after the crucifixion, legends reveal that the grail lays hidden in a magic castle and only a knight of pure heart can find it.

In modern times, no film can be produced without being scrutinized by a number of paid movie critics who are chosen to tell the public what movies implement factors that constitute it as an acceptable film to watch. In Ancient Greece, this idea of a movie critic was nonexistent, due to the fact that the closest form of entertainment that they possessed were plays. However, Greek philosopher Aristotle was, among countless other professions, the first individual to become the ancient version of modern-day movie critics. Aristotle developed six main elements of a tragedy play. These six elements include plot, character, diction, thought, spectacle or scenic effect, and song or music. One theatrical phenomenon released in 1975 which