To Sir, with Love

of the ideal knight. Knights were expected to uphold this code of conduct. In the English literature Le Morte d?Arthur, French for ?The Death of Arthur?, by Sir Thomas Malory, the characters display acts of chivalry from beginning to end. Though the code of chivalry contains many qualities or acts, nevertheless bravery, loyalty, and courtly love are demonstrated more throughout this literature.      Bravery is the mental or moral strength to venture and withstand danger, fear

being the target of Sir Toby, Sir Andrew and Maria’s pranks and foolishness. At the beginning of the play, he is very easy to find intolerable, due to his killjoy-like behaviour and vanity. However, by the end of the play, the audience mostly feel sorry for him, because of the malicious way that Sir Toby and others treat Malvolio. Despite this, Malvolio is one of the main sources of comedy, due to his gullibility and, as some say, his ‘foolishness’. My argument is that Sir Toby, Sir Andrew and Maria

Shakespeare Love Form There are many types of love. The true definition of love is affection for another person. Shakespeare demonstrates love in various ways throughout his plays. In Twelfth Night, he uses the characters to demonstrate true love. In Shakespeare's’ play Twelfth Night, he explores the theme of love in three different ways: true love, self love and friendship. Twelfth Night consists of many different love triangles - the characters are blinded by love as they disregard their true

literary passages, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Marie de France’s Milun. In these two texts women are key players in how the men are presented. One could question whether these women are to be portrayed as social, sexual, or psychological beings, or maybe they even embody all three ideals. So how do the two stories compare to one another, through love, lust, or sacrifice? Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a tale of chivalry, faith, and self-respect. In this “short tale,” Sir Gawain is faced

runs away from a three-headed monster as background music sings of "brave Sir Robin." A different instance where the movie satirizes the Knights courage in a negligent way is when King Arthur cuts off the limbs of a black knight that will not let him pass in the forest. Even without any legs, the knight still continues to badmouth Arthur in hopes that he will fight him. This scene is paralleled in a more serious way in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Where the Green Knight takes two swipes at the

In Sir Thomas Malory’s novel, Le Morte D’Arthur, there are many tests of character for Arthur. Sometimes he is very knightly, and sometimes he can be more normal than you’d expect from such a highly regarded character. “The young noblewoman was brought before the king, and when he had heard Sir Lancelot’s entreaties for peace he wept, and would readily have accepted them had not Sir Gawain spoken up.” (pg. 228) In that moment, when Arthur heard Lancelot’s pleas, he was modest and kind, and didn’t

Shakespeare provides a negative view of humanity. To start, Shakespeare shows how humans would use manipulation to obtain the desires of one through the characters Maria and Sir Toby. Next, Shakespeare shows how the characters such as Viola-Cesario or Olivia, perform acts of deception. Finally, Shakespeare displays how humans only love others for their appearance, not their personality by using the characters Olivia and Sebastian. Shakespeare provides a negative view of humanity through the characters

The legendary tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table often don’t explain the true magnificence of Sir Lancelot. Arguably one of the most famous Knights of the Round Table, Sir Lancelot is one of the most well rounded knights as he is chivalrous, selfless, and one of the best fighters in the land thus being an example of what a Knight of the Round Table should be. He is a very excellent fighter, as he has proven to slay even the best of warriors in all of the depictions about him

he treats them. For this reason, he becomes the perfect target for Maria, Feste, Fabian, and Sir Toby’s sweet revenge. When they are planning to give Malvolio a forged love letter to humiliate him to Olivia and all others around, Sir Toby says, “He shall think by the letters that thou wilt drop that they come from my niece, and that she’s in love with him,” (2.3.148-150). Not to mention, the fake love letter is made even more believable when Maria admits she “can write very like my lady,” (2.3

example of confusion resulting from Viola’s disguise. Mayhem is caused when the jealous Sir Andrew Aguecheek attacks the tough and skilled Sebastian, assuming he was the soft and timid ‘Cesario’. As a result of this attack, Sebastian beats down Sir Andrew Aguecheek and causes mayhem and tension between characters like Olivia and Sir Toby Belch. We can see the tension displayed by Sir Toby and Olivia from the quote, “Where manners ne’er were preach’d, out of my sight!”. These