The Canterbury Tales - The Knight Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, written in approximately 1385, is a collection of twenty-four stories ostensibly told by various people who are going on a religious pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral from London, England. Prior to the actual tales, however, Chaucer offers the reader a glimpse of fourteenth century life by way of what he refers to as a General Prologue. In this prologue, Chaucer introduces all of the characters who are involved in this imaginary journey and who will tell the tales. Among the characters included in this introductory section is a knight. Chaucer initially refers to the knight as "a most distinguished man" (l. 43) and, indeed, his sketch of the knight is highly complimentary. The knight, Chaucer tells us, "possessed/Fine horses, but he was not gaily dressed" (ll. 69-70). Indeed, the knight is dressed in a common shirt which is stained "where his armor had left mark" (l. 72). That is, the knight is "just home from service" (l. 73) and is in such a hurry to go on his pilgrimage that he has not even paused before beginning it to change his clothes. The knight has had a very busy life as his fighting career has taken him to a great many places. He has seen military service in Egypt, Lithuania, Prussia, Russia, Spain, North Africa, and Asia Minor where he "was of [great] value in all eyes (l. 63). Even though he has had a very successful and busy career, he is extremely humble: Chaucer maintains that he is "modest as a maid" (l. 65). Moreover, he has never said a rude thing to anyone in his entire life (cf., ll. 66-7). Clearly, the knight possesses an outstanding character. Chaucer gives to the knight one of the more flattering descriptions in the General Prologue. The knight can do no wrong: he is an outstanding warrior who has fought for the true faith--according to Chaucer--on three continents. In the midst of all this contenton, however, the knight remains modest and polite. The knight is the embodiment of the chivalric code: he is devout and courteous off the battlefield and is bold and fearless on it. In twentieth century America, we would like to think that we have many people in our society who are like Chaucer's knight. During this nation's altercation with Iraq in 1991, the concept of the modest but effective soldier captured the imagination of the country. Indeed, the nation's journalists in many ways attempted to make General H. Norman Schwarzkof a latter day knight. The general was made to appear as a fearless leader who really was a regular guy under the uniform. It would be nice to think that a person such as the knight could exist in the twentieth century. The fact of the matter is that it is unlikely that people such as the knight existed even in the fourteenth century. As he does with all of his characters, Chaucer is producing a stereotype in creating the knight. As noted above, Chaucer, in describing the knight, is describing a chivalric ideal. The history of the Middle Ages demonstrates that this ideal rarely was manifested in actual conduct. Nevertheless, in his description of the knight, Chaucer shows the reader the possibility of the chivalric way of life.
This marked the beginning of the Palestine armed conflict, one of its kinds to be witnessed in centuries since the fall of the Ottoman Empire and World War 1. Characterized by a chronology of endless confrontations, this conflict has since affected not only the Middle East relations, but also the gl...
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Since the inception of an Israeli nation-state in 1948, violence and conflict has played a major role in Israel’s brief history. In the Sixty-One year’s Israel has been a recognized nation-state, they have fought in 6 interstate wars, 2 civil wars, and over 144 dyadic militarized interstate disputes (MIDs) with some display of military force against other states (Maoz 5). Israel has been involved in constant conflict throughout the past half century. Israel’s tension against other states within the Middle East has spurred vast economic, social, and political unity that has fostered a sense of nationalism and unity in Israel not seen in most other states. Over the next several pages I will try and dissect the reasons for why the nation state of Israel has been emerged in constant conflict and how this conflict has helped foster national unity and identity among the people of Israel.
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The Israeli-Palestine conflict is an event that has been well documented throughout the course of Middle-Eastern history. The conflict dates back as far as the nineteenth century where Palestine and Zionist, will later be known as Israel, are two communities each with different ideologies had the same overwhelming desire to acquire land. However, what makes this clash what it is, is the fact that both of these up and coming communities are after the same piece of land. The lengths that both sides went to in order obtain they believed was theirs has shaped the current relationship between the two nations today.
The Middle East has been home to the Jewish people since early Biblical times. Throughout history they have been subjected to many invasions, until in the 500's BC when the invaders finally took over their homeland and forced them to migrate to other areas. Since then the Jewish people have had no home to call their own for many years. Nationali...
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Gerner, Deborah J., and Philip A. Schrodt. "Middle Eastern Politics." Understanding the Contemporary Middle East. 3rd ed. Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2008. 85 -136. Print.
... Place the pans on the top of the oven and close the oven door. Let the cupcakes cool for fifteen to twenty minutes. After they are cool take the individual cupcakes out of the pan and place them on the counter. Open the can of frosting, place the knife in the frosting and take some of the frosting on the knife and spread it around evenly on the cupcake. You will need to repeat this for all of the cupcakes. Once all of the cupcakes are frosted, got to your cabinet with your plates in it and get out a large plate. Place all of your cupcakes on the place. Open the sprinkles and sprinkle the lightly over all of the cupcakes.
Following his trial in the castle, the knight, though given a chance to save his life, woefully departs from the castle to begin his journey. “[Seeking] in every house and place” (l 919), the knight went from maiden
As well as you will then cool the butter and dark chocolate. When the chocolate and butter are almost melted, you can take the warm bowl from the stove and then stir it until you get rid of the last little bits of chocolate. By doing this will cool the chocolate mix more quickly and you won’t have any lumps. Now you will set out the milk and white chocolate. If you don’t have milk and white drops of chocolate, you can cut up some bars of both in small pieces. Put these aside, they will go in at the very
Since this village is located a distance away from proper health care, prevention is key to their well-being. One great asset to this municipality is the Milton-Union Public Library. They offer classes on wellness; for example, in January they held a session that gave instruction on nutrition (Milton-Union Publc Library, n.d.). The instruction benefits everyone in the community by teaching them healthy eating habits and proper nutrition. Another wonderful resource for our elderly population consists of the Milton Union Senior Center & Community Club. This facility offers socialization, trips, activities, and educational speakers. Some topics covered range from energy assistance to remaining healthy (Milton Union Senior Center & Community Club, [ca. 2016]). The facility is conveniently located for citizens and allows them a place to meet friends because socialization is valuable in improving health.
Since day one of society, men are the ones who make the money and support the family while, the woman are known to be housewives. Not every woman is lucky to have a man to support them. Women are capable to put aside the housewife’s duties and take in the hands of man 's job to put money on the table. Adichie mentions a past event when a man helped her friend Louie and her find a parking space. Though on her way out she thought she’d courteously tip. Once she handed the money he directly said thank you to Louie as “knowingly” it’s his money. Adichie was an independent woman that could support herself in which he lacked of considering. He lacked knowing due to Adichie being with the man and also shows how he was grown to know that no women should never make their own money. “A man is as likely as a woman to be intelligent, to be creative, to be innovative. We have evolved; but it seems to me that our ideas of gender have not evolved.” Adichie says. Gender will always be stereotypical physically and mentally. Other incidents that have occurred was when she walked into a hotel alone is automatically assumed a sex worker or when she can’t go alone into a bar or club because is not accompanied by a man. Once she did the waiters greeted the man but not her. Women are just as equal to men. Men may look physically stronger but there are circumstances where
Afterwards, I measured the amount I needed for each ingredient then put into separate containers. Then I had to combine all the ingredients together. For all dry powder ingredients, remember to sift them into the mixing bowl or else it will have lumps while mixing it. I first combined all the wet ingredients like butter, oil and eggs together, whisked them into one egg mixture. Then I sift in the dry ingredients, slowly folding them together. Be very careful on this step, mixing it normally will knock all the air bubbles out of the batter and will affect the fluffiness of the cake. Spray or lightly brush the sides of the cake mold with butter preventing the cake to stick after taking out of the oven. I poured the cake batter into the cake mold and put into the preheated oven. Baking time will differ between recipes, make sure to have the correct time or else the cake will burn. After the cake is done, I took it out and left in on a cooling rack to let it cool down before combining the layers