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Lady Of The Lake King Arthur
686 words
Excalibur: In Arthurian legend, the sword
belonging to King Arthur. The sword with jeweled
hilt and magic powers, of King Arthur of the
Britons. One legend says the Lady of The Lake gave
it to him. Another says it is the sword fixed into
the miraculous stone, to be removed only by the
man that would become King. When Arthur was a
young boy, he drew the sword from the stone,
though all others had failed. When he died
Excalibur was thrown into the lake, and a
mysterious hand rose to grasp it and d...
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Sword Of David Holy Grail Spear
1,236 words
What is the Holy Grail? A chalice? A philosophers
stone? The bloodline of Christ? In Arthurian
romances the quest for the ever-elusive Holy Grail
and the secrets therein was the highest spiritual
pursuit one could embark on. In today's times it
is a mental, rather than a physical, journey, and
while not fraught with the danger it once was, it
is still, for all practical purposes, an exciting
and adventurous journey. To discover the truth of
the identity of the Holy Grail, one must first
look to ...
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Antony And Cleopatra By William Shakespeare
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Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
Cleopatra is by far one of the most interesting
characters ever developed by Shakespeare. She is a
beautiful woman that has various abilities,
however her main strength is her sexuality and the
ability to use it in order to dominate the
relationship with Antony. (Johnson, p. 83) In
order to better understand Cleopatra, it is
imperative that we elaborate on how she changed
Antony. In Shakespeare's Roman tragedy Antony and
Cleopatra, we are told the stor...
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Arthur Father
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The different aspects of Merlin Merlin is a
popular character when it comes to the stories of
King Arthur and other stories dealing with the
Arthurian age. In most of the stories written
about him they refer to him as the magician,
kingmaker, and prophet. We also know him as the
one that takes care of Arthur from birth, who set
him on the throne, who established him there in
the early days of his reign as king. While most
books agree that he knew King Arthur and watched
over him from birth, what...
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Avenge His Father Killed His Father
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Hamlet Research paper In the play Hamlet by
William Shakespeare Two of the characters fathers
are brutishly murdered. The first murdered
character is King Hamlet who is supposed to be
revenge by his son prince Hamlet. The second
murder is Polonius who is supposed to be revenged
by his son Laertes. Both Prince Hamlet and Laertes
go to seek revenge for the death of fathers,
however they will each use different methods to
accomplish their deeds. Prince Hamlet has a
meeting with the dead ghost of hi...
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Legend Of King Arthur Knights Of The Round Table
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Todd King Arthur Knight 1 Todd Knight Mrs. Jill
Doggett CP English 12 March 13, 2000 King Arthur
and the Knights of the Round Table The legend of
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is
a story mixed with historical truths and
exaggerated fiction. The legend of King Arthur,
known as the Arthurian Legend, comes from the
Middle Ages and is both fact and fiction. There
really was a King Arthur who was king of the
Britons. He was a type of military leader who
fought Germanic invaders. Many...
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Good Versus Evil J R R Tolkien
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Comparing and contrasting the novels The Hobbit
and The Sword of Shannara as the reveal the
conventions of a middle-earth fantasy novel The
two novels The Sword of Shannara and The Hobbit
are traditional earth fantasy novels. In both
books characters encounter the forces of good and
evil. The central heroes travel on great and
dangerous paths to experience difficult
situations. Magic plays a large role in both
novels and saves the characters several times,
which makes the story more exciting. Th...
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