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    Comparative Essay on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Monty Python and the Holy Grail It is impossible for a human being to fulfill all the ideals of the Chivalric Code and the seven Cardinal Virtues. Christian knights lived by the Chivalric Code to gain honor‚ but it was not possible even for the best and purest knights to always stick to these conventions of courtesy‚ generosity‚ loyalty‚ consistency‚ chastity‚ poverty‚ valor and skill. In addition to these components of the Chivalric Code

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    28 July 2012 Gatsby’s Holy Grail Long hailed as one of the great American novels‚ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald embodies the image of the Roaring Twenties to some readers; a time of new wealth‚ extravagant lifestyles‚ Prohibition‚ jazz‚ and flappers. The novel tackles the idea of the American Dream‚ as well as issues such as wealth versus class‚ infidelity and materialism. Both the character of Jay Gatsby and the narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ are said to mirror Fitzgerald’s life – the Ivy

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    opens with Gurnemanz‚ who is a veteran Grail Knight‚ and four other Grail Knights sleeping outside in a clearing in the woods. When they wake up‚ they prepare a bath for Amfortas‚ the current King of the Kingdom of the Grail. Amfortas has an ailment‚ but it can only be soothed by a “blameless fool.” Kundry arrives‚ a woman who apparently brings fortune wherever she goes. Amfortas explains that Amfortas’s father‚ Titurel‚ was entrusted with the Holy Grail‚ the vessel that caught Jesus’s blood‚

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    Arthurian legends? Sir Lancelot is regarded as the first and greatest of King Arthur’s legendary knights. He fit into the legends for that reason‚ he was the first and the greatest of the other knights. 7. What was the Holy Grail? What role does it play in the King Arthur legends? The Holy

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    have rooms with mannequins on display with what people (knights‚ the kings and queens‚ servants‚ villagers‚ druids etc..) in those times would have worn‚ a room with Arthur’s throne and the round table‚ the holy grail and I would have a mini film playing explaining the legend behind the grail and the fisher king who guarded it. I would also have another room educating visitors about a leader called Ambrosius Aurelianus who led the battle of Mynydd Baddon (or as it’s also known‚ the battle of Mount

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    Modernization of romance elements in “Chivalry” by Neil Gaiman In Neil Gaiman’s short story “Chivalry”‚ an elderly woman finds and buys the Holy Grail in a thrift shop to use it as a decorative element in her house. At the same time‚ a knight from the Round Table is in the quest of finding this sacred object of God. This short story contains many elements of romance‚ such as the religious quest‚ love and adventure and courtly and chivalric life. By modernizing romance‚ Gaiman suggests that love

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    either a serious newer movie that has obvious meaning and the other was Monty Python and the Holy Grail a cult-classic. The choice would probably depend on the person‚ but most likely the answer would be the first movie. There are many reasons though as to why Monty Python and the Holy Grail would be a good choice. Through the acting‚ the special effects and the intellectual humor Monty Python and the Holy Grail proves to a good choice of movie to watch after all. First‚ the story of the movie takes

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    Lawhead shifts narrators in “Arthur”‚ and “Grail”‚ although “Grail” only has Morgian narrate a little at the beginning of most of the chapters. The novels in the series do not just go from beginning to middle to end. Instead‚ some of the books take place at different times and there will some overlap. Like

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    “‘T is but a scratch” – A review of Monty Python and the Holy Grail Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)‚ the most popular Monty Python film is turning thirty this year. Since its release it has been considered one of the most important examples of “British humour”; silly puns‚ slapstick scenes‚ no taboos and making fun of the French. The film‚ directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones‚ is considered a classic cult comedy and embodies all that is British The film‚ starring the (in)famous Monty

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    was to find an artifact lost at the time of christianity Stop searching‚ quit the holy land. Oct 13‚ 1307 friday. Holy grail. “look up” jesus had one true message. Arose- symbol of holy grail. Holy grail‚ god power on earth. Criptics‚ used to keep secrets. You write the info on a paprus viniger‚ force it open‚ secrete erases forever. 12 million possibilities. Churches power on earth‚ holy grail bible. Constatine was a christian was baptised on his death bed balance natures

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