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    everyone’s heads who’s better a knight or a samurai. Both these warriors lived in the Middle Ages. Samurai and the Knights fought for power‚ people‚ etc. Both knights and samurai used martial arts in their battles and training. Each one of these warriors favor either Zen Buddhism or Amida Buddhism depending on their cultural diffusion. So‚ does anybody know if you would rather be a knight or a samurai. In this essay I will compare the weapons and armor of samurai and knights‚ the code of conduct of both

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    What would you do if you were presented with a choice‚ to join the samurai or to join the knights? Which would you choose? This essay is going to show you facts that might help you decide. I will be talking about the samurai and the knights place in society‚ their armor‚ and their codes of conduct The first topic that i will be comparing and contrasting is the code of conduct. The code of conduct for the samurai was called the code of bushido. This code was highly based on honor so much

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    they served. * Both enjoyed special privileges in their societies‚ and place high value on ancestry. * At the same time‚ it was possible for people to "break into" the Knightly/Samurai class for much of both Europe and Japan’s feudal eras. * Both started out as primarily cavalrymen‚ though the Samurai increasingly moved towards fighting on foot. * Both societies developed elaborate codes of conduct‚ which was rarely achieved by either group‚ at least not during turbulent times of

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    #34—Crash Course World History Video Notes Samurai‚ Daimyo‚ Matthew Perry‚ and Nationalism 1. So‚ if you’re into European history‚ you’re probably somewhat familiar with nationalism and the names and countries associated with it. ____________ in Germany‚ Mazzini and Garibaldi in __________‚ and Mustafa Kemal (aka Ataturk) in Turkey. 2. But nationalism was a __________ phenomenon‚ and it included a lot of people you may not associate with it‚ like Muhammad Ali in __________. 3. Nationalism was

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    The Seven Samurai of Akira Kurosawa By Chi Wei SEVEN SAMURAI AND THRONE OF BLOOD Kurosawa Akira Akira Kurosawa (Mar 23‚ 1910--Sep. 6‚ 1998) was a Japanese film director‚ screenwriter‚ producer‚ and editor. He directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years. He was the surprise winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. In 1990‚ he accepted the Academy Award for Lifetime. Kuorosawa contributed Japanese history‚ culture‚ and society through this movie to audiences. (Film) Tuesday

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    The Differences between Knights and Samurais Humans and animals are like samurais and knights. These mammals may be very similar in ways like their intelligence and characteristics‚ but these mammals have many differences. For example‚ a human’s imagination or their capability to do something like to wipe out an entire country out or the very Earth itself. About one thousand years ago the central government has lost power‚ and danger lurk beyond every moat and castle walls. Two examples of societies

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    were Knights and samurai. They were marked in history as some of the strongest and courage’s warriors In History. They were very similar but when deciding who was better on the battlefield is a whole other story we will find out who is better when we compare who’s training prepared them for battle better‚ who had stronger armour and weapons and How did the Samurais bushido code compare to the knights Chivalry code? The Samurai was the warrior class of Japan. Becoming a Japanese samurai was not easy

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    Samurai V.S. Knight Samurai and Knights were different but the similarities were greater because of their rankings‚ training‚ armor‚ fighting technique‚ code of honor‚ and death viewpoint. The Japanese called their warriors Samurai‚ and the Europeans called their warriors Knights. They both swore oaths of loyalty to noble lords and fought to the death to defend them. This happened at the same time even though Japan and Europe were thousands of miles apart. Samurai were a little higher up than Knights

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    Analysis of “The Last Samurai” Film Based On Postmodern Theory By: Mauliana Dewi (090511100001) English Department Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences Trunojoyo University of Madura 2012 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Films are made to be seen and heard‚ to appeal to our visual and aural senses. Like any art form‚ however‚ films are also meant to be felt and understood‚ to appeal to our emotions and minds. One of the best ways to determine whether a film has succeeded in any or all of

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    As a Japanese film‚ Seven Samurai (1954) directed by Akira Kurosawa is based upon circumstance; it is interested in what surrounds the human being and how ones circumstance is powerful in the portrayal of the film over the characters lives. “Circumstance unites man: the farmers with one another‚ just so the samurai‚ just so the bandits.” (Cardullo). It is through all of these circumstances that our narrative forms and the plot moves forward. The farmers unite with one another to try and find a

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