influence‚ which maximizes the efforts of others‚ towards the achievement of a goal. Phil Knight‚ co-founder and chairman of Nike‚ Inc. is the epitome of an innovative leader who revolutionized the sports industry. In the past‚ he has also served as the company’s chief executive officer. Nike‚ Inc. is one of the largest if not the largest suppliers of athletic shoes and apparel around the world. Although Phil Knight has never been a professional athlete‚ owner of a team‚ or been employed in the sports
Premium Marketing Brand Athletic shoe
The Poor Knights of the Temple of Solomon‚ which was later called the Knights Templar‚ was founded by a French Knight named Hughes de Payens. Hughes had taken religious vows upon the death of his wife. He was known to have been an austere man and had deeply held spiritual value‚ humility‚ and had uncompromising valor. He was almost fifty years old when he founded the Order; he was a veteran of the First Crusade who had spent twenty-two years of his life east of Europe. Hughes‚ along with eight other
Premium Knights Templar Knight Christianity
The first descriptions in the poem are of savagery‚ the thing‚ rough and crudely done‚ cut in coarse stone‚’ these are to signify how imperfect the object is‚ made by an imperfect being thus indicating the objects inferiority. But‚ conversely these images could also indicate a certain sense of simplicity within the object; it is not needlessly ornate. The next are of disdain for the object‚ spitefully placed aside‚ as merest lumber‚’ the attitude of the collector lends to the idea that they prefer
Premium Emotion Feeling Empathy
Name: Course name: Course instructor: Date of submission: Outline Introduction A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Sir Gawain and the Green Knight The physician Contrast and Comparison Introduction A Connecticut Yankee in king Arthur’s Court is a novel published in 1889 by Mark Twain‚ a humorist and a writer. It is about the tale of Hank Morgan a resident of Hartford in Connecticut
Premium King Arthur Knights of the Round Table Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Gotham can feel a little safer‚ a little more optimistic. Look at this face‚ this is the face of Gotham’s bright future.” (Bruce Wayne) Harvey Dent‚ white knight‚ saviour and “hero” of the infamous Gotham. Batman on the other hand‚ is the Dark Knight and the troubled hero who chose his identity over the people. Many believe that the movie the Dark Knight‚ communicates to viewers the superficial perspective of Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey. However‚ Batman transcends that perspective of true heroism
Premium Batman The Dark Knight Joker
Green Knight is a Middle English romance poem written by an anonymous West Midlands poet also credited with a lot of other poems written during that time. The protagonist‚ Sir Gawain‚ survives two tests: a challenge‚ which he alone without the assistance of King Arthur’s knights accepts‚ to behead the fearsome Green Knight and to let him retaliate a year later at the distant Green Chapel; and the temptation to commit adultery with the wife of Lord Bercilak--in reality the Green Knight--in whose
Free Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Knights of the Round Table
Samurai and Knights were warriors in the Middle Ages. Samurai were from Japan and Knights were from Europe. Although they didn’t have any contact with each other‚ they were very similar. To become one of these warriors‚ each person had to go through intense training. After becoming a warrior‚ they had to pledge loyalty to a lord. After pledging loyalty to a lord‚ the Knight or Samurai received money or land for their services. The Samurai of Japan and the Knights of Europe were very similar. This
Premium Beowulf Grendel Middle Ages
through the world of crime writer’s to the year 2008 we discover the film "The Dark Knight" directed by Christopher Nolan. This most recent instalment of "Batman" fits appropriately into the hard-boiled sub-genre of crime-fiction. It meets many of the conventions but‚ like in "Rear Window"‚ subverts several conventions to better serve the composer’s purpose. As with most hard-boiled crime texts‚ "The Dark Knight" has a metropolitan setting. The citizens of Gotham city have grown to depend on ‘Batman’
Premium Alfred Hitchcock Crime fiction Detective fiction
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: * Chivalry- Code of behavior of medieval times. The theme of Sir Gawain and The Green Knight is Chivalry. This was written in dialect and said to be written by a monk‚ but author remains unknown. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ The Green Knight was a creation by Arthur’s half-sister‚ Morgan le Fay‚ the ruler of mysterious Avalon‚ to embarrass the knights of his court. The Green Knight approaches the court offering beheading games and the winnings game while
Free Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Knights of the Round Table
classified The Dark Knight as belonging to the top movies of all time. While some argue that The Dark Knight doesn’t deserve to be on the greatest films of all time because of its advocacy of vigilantism‚ this claim is flawed because The
Premium Batman The Dark Knight Two-Face