The Story Of Camelot Castle

Everything had began magnificently the day I attended the renaissance fair. It was the first time I’d ever been to any festival of the sort, and the air was full of magic. At exactly 10:30 in the morning, the ceremony began. The King and Queen presented themselves atop the castle’s balcony to address their people. As the beautiful royals welcomed us into their kingdom, my heart beat erratically, and I crossed the threshold with my breath held. There were so many events that I wanted to see, and activities I wanted to try; I couldn’t wait to get inside. I wasn’t just an ordinary guest, however, I had a job to do. Carrying my instrument lightly with one hand, dressed as a princess and feeling important, I walked proudly through the bustling

Through this mental debate, Millicent learns discovers that she could enter her imaginary great hall through “her coronation as a princess labelling her conclusively as one of the select flock”, or use “other ways of getting into the great hall, blazing with lights, of people and

To be self-reliant means to rely on your own powers and resources rather than those of others. I find that Self-reliance is a recurring theme in The Glass Castle. Jeanette Walls and her siblings had to be self-reliant to make up for the lack of basic care they received from their parents. Walls was resilient, strong, and continued to grow despite the struggles she faced. While driving through the Californian desert the Walls family comes across a Joshua tree. The tree grew despite the whipping wind and scorching heat of the desert. Walls mother, Rose Mary thought the tree was beautiful because of the struggle to grow. "It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it it’s beauty" (Walls 38).  The Joshua tree symbolizes the struggle to grow in the midst of chaos.  Walls struggles helped her to become self-reliant, strong, resilient, and unique. Walls and the tree are great examples of the unique beauty that can come from dysfunction.

“ Every bit of terrace, lawn, and railing in the Court of Honor was occupied, the men in black and gray, many of the women in gowns of extravagant hues-violet, scarlet, emerald-and wearing hat with ribbons, springs and feathers” (Larson 238).

In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir Gawain courageously steps up to play the green knight’s game. The green knight clearly lays out the terms of the game to Sir Gawain: Sir Gawain can give the green knight any blow with any weapon and a year later the green knight will return the same blow. A year passes and Sir Gawain boldly puts on his armor and embarks on his journey to receive his return blow. After traveling for months, Sir Gawain stumbles upon a castle where he is graciously welcomed. The significant change in clothing of Sir Gawain from armor to soft clothing suggests a failure to the expectations placed upon him by his pentangle and allegiance to Camelot.

“After a traumatic experience, the human system of self preservation seems to go into permanent alert, as if the danger might return at any moment” (Judith Lewis Herman). The psychoanalyst Lewis Herman describes how encountering agonizing pain causes individuals to become more cautious as a result. The psychoanalytic lens is based on Freudian theories and asserts that “ people’s behavior is affected by their unconscious:...the notion that human beings are motivated, even driven, by desire, fears, needs, and conflicts of which they are unaware…” (Tyson 14-15) High schools a place where tragedy are brought upon people, but their voices aren’t heard. Melinda, a high school freshman, is the protagonist in Laurie Halse Anderson’s book, Speak.

Thunder growled in the near distance, rain pelting the tower as thick, drab mist swirled through the forest. The bright sun struggled against the cloudy blanket that spread across the dark sky. Through the dense trees, there could be seen a tower. It stood proudly, it's imposing presence known to it's vast surroundings. Stone upon stone had been covered by ivy and vines covering an expanse of the dank tower. Decorative bands of Caen stone could be beheld peeking out from underneath the moss. A single entrance was seen near the top of the tower, just below the pointed roof. It was large enough that a person, such as a rescuer, might easily fit through it. At the open window, stood a woman, dressed in burgundy with gold lining her sleeves and neckline. Her long, flaxen hair swayed behind her in the strong breeze, splashes of rain touching her blushing cheeks. Beneath elongated lashes sat dark cobalt eyes, wondering and curious. They rested on a man in front of her, clinging onto the window as they conversed. At almost six foot and a half, the man was typically heroic. His many sparkling embellishments showed his royalty as he waited for the damsel to take his offer of marriage.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is one of many medieval English texts detailing the exploits of the mythical King Arthur of Camelot and his knights. Long having passed into the realm of the public conscious, the archetypal roles and themes featured throughout Camelot cemented into folklore. Prominent across these tales is the overarching theme of knightly chivalry, which is presented as Camelot's primary value of importance. In Gawain's tale, it is this quality that his commitment to is tested, through a number of trials conducted by sorceress Morgan Le Fey. Arthur’s half-sister and rival of his queen Guinevere, one might expect the typically antagonistic Morgan to serve an oppositional role to Gawain. Though an initial reading might find her

This year, until the heartbreak of her betrayal, he had courted her properly, openly, when her status changed and she'd become a lady of standing being the sister of a knight. He took great pleasure in knowing how much it irritated some of the nobles but had greater pleasure in knowing how much it meant to her to finally be able to follow some semblance of custom, to not have to hide away as if ashamed.

“Are you finding anything?” Castle asked as he searched the papers for any sign that something changed in Amy Dehner’s life. “‘Cause so far all I’ve figured out is she went to the same coffee shop almost everyday around eight o’clock.”

She hastened. She didn’t want to feel a sense of despotism over her love-they were equal. The sudden feeling of muzzle trapped her hands. The pang of knowing she wouldn't have a second chance.

"All Rise," Mistress Meryl announced after the Royals had been seated and ready to proceed. She then continued to welcome everyone, "My Lords and Ladies, Knights, and Courtiers, and honored visitors from the Outer Bailey this aft, welcome to this session of Royal Court. It has been some eight moons since our last Royal Court was held and I know you are all eager to see the results of this Court's petitions. These will be pending shortly, of course, but first I would cede the floor to Her most benevolent Royal Majesty, and Her Royal

“Now she is placing the rhinestone tiara on her head before the mirror of the dressing-table and murmuring excitedly as if to a group of spectral admirers” (Williams 1226).

It was hard to find a seat in the hall, most of them were already taken. After wandering around looking for a place to rest my feet for what felt like hours, I found one single chair in the center of the room. That was when the bell rang, and each guest was presented with the largest plate of food anyone had ever seen. As I sat there eating I watched the soon to be King and Queen. They both seemed nervous, and were bitter toward one another. They did not share a look of love, but rather a look of brokenness. The brokenness faded and was replaced with excitement once the crown was brought out on the white satin pillow. That is when weird things began to happen.

The lands of this old fortress up until the 1600s were previously known as Columbine and were obtained by Jean Le Breton in the early 1500s. He was France's war Controller-General under King Francis l and he built Villandry.