Lancelot: Or, the Knight of the Cart is an Old French poem chronicling the romance between the knight Sir Lancelot and his queen, Guinevere. The poem opens with Lancelot rescuing Guinevere from captivity and goes on to describe their life as secret lovers in Camelot and the strains placed on their love by Lancelot's loyalty to King Arthur, Guinevere's husband. The poem doubles as an exploration of ideas of chivalry and courtly love in Arthur's court.
Bad company corrupts good character The Once and Future King by T H White tells of an ill made night whose name was Lancelot Lancelots displeasing appearance required that he do something with his life that did not have a prerequisite for a pretty face or charming looks he needed something that took the eyes off of him and on to the actions he preformed Knighthood fit that bill very well Knights were much respected Legend has it that Lance grew up to be King Arthurs greatest knight How can that
The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Tenysson is a poem about an isolated artist trapped in her own pieces of work She can not escape the life she lives because of a curse set upon her when she was born Tennysons theme is that no one understands the world in the same way as the artist does because the artist is too distracted by desire to participate in the world this is shown greatly through tone imagery and symbolism in The Lady of Shalott Tone is the authors attitude towards the subject In the begi
Good and Evil Many dimensions such as cultural context religion principles experiences time period and way of life can influence the premise of an individuals thoughts An individual has many worldviews depending on their place of origin The mind adjusts external information to fit the individuals paradigm Therefore cultural misinterpretation can occur in words gestures objects and social context virtually anything you can think of has different meanings within two civilizations This can present
Eliots Journey Journey of the Magi is a dramatic monologue dealing with a mans death and reincarnation in his religious belief T S Elliot fulfills one of the requirements of a dramatic monologue by using a singular speaker He uses one of the magi in order to accomplish this task of portraying his speech and thought By expressing a point of view through the use of a character Eliot fulfills another requirement of a dramatic monologue Some scholars argue this as a free verse poem bearing no resem