Story of the duel to end all duels
In the story The Last Duel by Eric Jager, fourteenth century in medieval France, a knight by the name of Jean de Carrouges challenges a squire, Jacques Le Gris, to a duel. The reason for this trial by combat, a court-ordered duel intended by fate of God to determine the truth, was to seek vengeance for the sake of his own honor. The wife of Jean Carrouges was the "young, beautiful, good, sensible, and modest" Marguerite. She was expected to maintain a ladylike mannerism and remain loyal to her husband. When the couple traveled to Capomensil to visit Carrouges mother-in-law Marguerite stayed under her watch while Carrouges set out on a journey in desperate need of cash. While away on his journey
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It wasn't possible for him to succeed in this crime alone, so he had to of had help from someone. His companion in this attack was a squire by the name of Adam Louvel, who Jacques secretly summoned after he learned of Carrouges' plan to visit Paris. Louvel served under Carrouges in the Cotentin campaign and actually knew him well. Ironically Louvel had a house in Capomesnil, where Marguerite was staying with her mother-in-law. It is very possible that since Le Gris knew Carrouges was leaving on a journey he could have traveled to Capomesnil and stayed with Louvel until his opportunity arose when Nicole de Carrouges left the house for a short amount of time to handle business in Saint-Pierre. This is where my suspicions of Le Gris having everything planned grew because he must have known Nicole was called away to a town six miles away, and accordingly planned and timed when he would enter the home, how long it would take to complete the brutal attack, and enough time to leave and form an alibi.
Jacques Le Gris was established as a man who was known for seducing women. It was rumored his approach to Marguerite was an offer of money for sex, but she did not care for his money and wouldn't "submit herself to his will". This is when the encounter became physical because Le Gris was going to get what he wanted wether she liked it or not. For a woman, Marguerite fought long and strong, but with the muscle between a man
reaction of wanting revenge. You can argue that madame defarge’s big part in the french
Do you know someone who hides their true personality? In the short story The Fight, by Adam Bagdasarian, Will finds his true self In the story, Will is challenged to a fight, then he finds the truth about himself. In the beginning, he is confident. Towards the middle, he gets worried. Finally, in the end, he is defeated, and loses the fight. In this short story, Will finds his true self in a very surprising way.
Many people say that the metal of a man is found in his ability to keep his ideals in spite of anything that life can through at you. If a man is found to have done these things he can be called a hero. Through a lifelong need to accept responsibility for all living things, Robert Ross defines his heroism by keeping faith with his ideals despite the betrayal, despair and tragedy he suffers throughout the course of The Wars by Timothy Findley.
Gwendolyn Brooks' "First fight. Then Fiddle." initially seems to argue for the necessity of brutal war in order to create a space for the pursuit of beautiful art. The poem is more complex, however, because it also implies both that war cannot protect art and that art should not justify war. Yet if Brooks seems, paradoxically, to argue against art within a work of art, she does so in order create an artwork that by its very recognition of art's costs would justify itself.
Hello im Jack Meland and I choose the book “The Rivalry” by John Feinstein, because of the imprinted football on the front cover it really felt like it was going to be touching and a great story . I gave it a 4 star review because it was a little all over the place.However, I love how the book is a little of everything action, sports, mystery, romance, and drama and I think everyone will like the book if they are interested in reading. It’s nice how it’s written because it leaves a cliffhanger on every page it feels like which is smart of Feinstein to keep the readers engaged. I have played football since I was in kindergarten so it seemed like a great book to relate to. The teenagers are young journalists, Stevie and Susan Carol write about a football games usually college football games. Their biggest story that they have to write is going to be the
Joseph Conrad once observed that “a belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.” As a result of the violence that is necessary during wartime, soldiers are permitted to engage in savage behavior that is normally forbidden in society. In The Wars by Timothy Findley, however, soldiers act in violent ways even when they are not actively engaged in battle. The inherently savage nature of humankind is evident when Robert Ross kills the German soldier after the gas attack, when Robert is raped in the baths, and when Robert kills Captain Leather. These violent events that occur outside the direct action of the war demonstrate the evil inherent in
A Stalemate on the Western Front A stalemate formed on the Western Front due to four main reasons, one
The Battle School’s method of training the young soldiers appears as brutal, degrading, and unsympathetic. The school has made the students fight against one another and cause them to hate each other. Since their arrival, the students have been forced to compete against one another to earn their place at the top of the food chain. The Battle School has had it in the peoples’ mind that the enemy has and always will be the buggers. None of the students have considered that the Battle School has a malicious system. In any battle or war, all sides share a similar goal- to win. The correct way to win the game and the best tactics to use will always be different. Based on several observations by using their monitors, the school hand picks their soldiers.
Marie de France is concerned with living the good life which consists of following true love. In her story entitled “Lanval,” Marie de France describes a knight who is envied by many because of his “valour, generosity, beauty, and prowess” (295). Although many people are envious of Lanval and his
The history of the Western hemisphere is full of war and conquest. One of the most significant and defining of those conquests is the downfall of the Mexica/Aztec Empire. While there are many other events to choose from, this one stands out since it was one over one of the largest empires in Central America. It is also important to look at because of the immense cultural impact it had. The story of this takeover reads like a movie script, a small band of Spaniards single handedly takes down the most powerful empire in Central America. It was an epic battle, which unfortunately led to the destruction of a magnificent culture. As in any major historical event there are many underlying themes and storylines
She is hailed as “the cleverest woman in Europe” at parlors and banquets. Yet she was rash enough to speak out against the St. Cyr family and was naïve enough to ignore the Parisian’s thirst for blood. This does not fit in with the given information that Marguerite is clever and wise. This shows that Marguerite, though intelligent and sharp, will still be ruled by her impulsive emotions, not thinking of the consequences of her actions.
In the basis of ancient medieval literature, there were at least three principle concepts that were guidelines for writers: the tradition of chivalry, use of power, and the art of courtly love. In her lais, or lyrical narrative, Marie de France uses all three of them, but not exactly in the traditional sense that men of her time favored. Through her writings, Marie de France has shown great focus on members of the aristocracy that were not as prominently acknowledged, which included both women and single knights, and portrayed characters that she observed in real life in ways that did or did not conform to their stereotypes. Additionally, she challenged the roles often found in 12th century writings by using ordinary heroines and heroes to work through both genuine and figurative conflicts. Through the lai of “Lanval”, Marie subtly works through the theme of courtly love in a separate ideal setting that both challenges and reverses the typical gender roles without completely letting go of the accepted cultural standards of that time.
The author, Sean Gregory, in “The Perilous Fight,” talks about the political issue that has been going on for the past year, the issue started when a professional football player from the San Francisco 49ers team, also known as Colin Kaepernick, kneeled down when the National anthem for the United States of America was played at the beginning of a game. Kaepernick’s justification for this, was that this was his way of protesting unfair treatment of individuals because of racial characteristics. Since racism, discrimination, and gender inequalities have been going on for centuries, I agree on the matter of sports players being able to kneel down when the anthem, “Star spangled Banner,” is being played because these people are trying to stand up for what they believe is right, and they should be allowed to protest because it is serving as a peaceful way to protest for people who are being unjustly treated. Racism and discrimination often leads to these individuals who are suffering to be judged, killed, and many other harsh things that should not be taking place in the “land of the free.” We as Americans are given so many great things, and people think about the United States they usually think of freedom, pursuit of happiness, and the rights of being a U.S. citizen, but how can we exercise those given rights properly, when t the government does not let us by putting limitations and restrictions on how we use our rights? When it's
The woodcutter narrated the story about how the bandit tricked the deceased man to step off the mountain trail with him and look at some of ancient swords he had discovered on the trail. In the midst of leading him to the fake swords he tied the deceased man to a tree, then brought his wife there. She initially fought and tried to defend herself with a knife, but she was eventually subdued by the bandit’s seduction. The deceased man’s wife shamefully begged the bandit to duel to death with her husband, in order to save her from the guilt and shame of having two men know her dishonor. The bandit honorably adhere to the woman’s plead setting her husband free, and dueled with him. According to the bandit’s story they fought skillfully and fiercely, but in the end he won but the woman ran away.
When he returns home to Algiers, Meursault carries on with life as normal. Over dinner one evening, his neighbor Raymond tells of his desire to punish his mistress for infidelity, and asks Meursault to write a letter to the mistress for him. Meursault agrees, saying "I tried my best to please Raymond because I didn’t have any reason not to please him" (32). While Raymond is a man of questionable morals, he acts with purpose. Meursault, on the other hand, acts with mostly passive indifference, doing things simply because he doesn’t have a reason not to do them.