Abstract
The paper relates that "Excalibur" is a passionate adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte D'Arthur". The paper describes how in the movie, Merlin offers the magic sword named Excalibur to Pendragon a war monger, and in exchange for the magic sword Pendragon must promise to make peace with his enemy the Duke of Cornwall. The paper relates that Pendragon agrees to make peace with the Duke until her sees the Duke's wife Igraine. The paper describes how the magician helps Pendragon to make love to the Duke's wife by disguising Pendragon as Igraine's husband, the Dutchess bears Pendragon's child who is named Arthur and Arthur is taken by Merlin as a form of payment for helping Pendragon in conquering the Dutchess. Finally, the paper relates that Merlin leaves Arthur in the care of Ector (Excalibur).

From the Paper
"Excalibur is a passionate adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte D'Arthur". In the movie, Merlin offers the magic sword named Excalibur to Pendragon, a war monger. In exchange for the magic sword, Pendragon must promise to make peace with his enemy the Duke of Cornwall. Pendragon agrees to make peace with the Duke until he sees the Duke's wife Igraine. The magician helps Pendragon to make love to the Duke's wife by disguising..."

Tags:death, king, arthur

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This paper discusses how the legend of King Arthur has existed in various forms, passed down from generation to generation to be a dominate part of western literature and society almost fifteen hundred years after Arthur supposedly lived. The story of Arthur and his knights has been told in plays, artworks and even video games; the latest reincarnation being "Tomb Raider: Legend". In order to discover why this story is continually retold, the paper goes back to its inception and looks at its various versions throughout history.

From the Paper
"While Geoffrey of Monmouth's history had been written with the Anglo-Norman kings in mind, the French romances that came next were perhaps aimed at the female audience, queens in particular. With the classical stories of Ovid and Horace as their guidebooks, the French writers added on to Geoffrey's writings and brought the Arthurian legend into a new transition, with a purpose of retelling for the sake on entertainment through courtly love and lust (Miller 146). More characters were added and stories of the Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot love triangle, by their nature were written and retold to include women, most prominently, Eleanor of Aquitaine and her daughter Marie de Champagne. Miller compares this to a modern soap opera: "when damsels in distress suffer succour, a glamorous champion comes ... Formula fiction multiplies easily" (Miller 146). "

Tags:Le, Morte, D'Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot

Abstract
This paper analyzes how in his "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court", Mark Twain seeks to satirize many of the "romantic" notions about the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. It looks at how his depiction of 6th century England reveals a time and a country that is rife with political, economic and social problems where many people are subjugated by fear of the supernatural and forced to lead oppressed lives. It discusses how Twain's novel seeks to tell us as much about the failings of 19th century post-Enlightenment American ideology as it does to criticize the romantic vision of King Arthur.

From the Paper
"In his zeal to develop 6th century England into a technologically-advanced republic based on democratic principles, the Yankee unleashes all of the horrors of modern warfare upon the knights that try to stop him. In this final battle, we see the ways in which Twain's satire has increasingly come to question the values of America in the 19th century, and that this critique is just as profound and deep-seated as his earlier attacks on the romanticism of Arthurian England. The Yankee's idea is that it is only the Church and the aristocracy that are opposed to a republic, because a democratic government would not benefit them since they already possess a higher role in the social order under the monarchy. Hank argues that if he and his supporters can just get rid of the upper echelon of British society, then they will have control of the country and can set up a new government."

Tags:king, arthur, knights, merlin, excaliber

Abstract
This paper examines how the ethical difficulties involved in the case of Enron and Arthur Anderson, the accounting firm that had been responsible for auditing Enron accounts, are both numerous and overreaching. From the initial process of setting up the special purpose entities (SPEs), to the accounting bias fueled by large fees that Enron provided to Arthur Anderson, it looks at how the failure to testify truthfully about the Enron scandal in a court of law, showed a lack ethical decision making.

From the Paper
"The ethical difficulties involved in the case of Enron and Arthur Anderson, the accounting firm that had been responsible for auditing Enron's accounts, are both numerous and overreaching. From the initial process of setting up the special purpose entities (SPEs) to the accounting bias fueled by large fees that Enron provided to Arthur Anderson, to the failure to testify truthfully about the Enron scandal in a court of law, participants showed a lack ethical decision-making. Freeman, in his stakeholder theory of business ethics, argues that businesses do bear social responsibilities for their actions. This paper will examine the actions of both companies against the strictures of the stakeholder model of ethics. "

Tags:enron, arthur, andersen

Abstract
The paper relates the contents of an interview with Arthur Stanley Eddington: "When I began work at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, it was widely accepted that stars were akin to individual particles of a stationary gas, moving randomly and without any collective motion. It was also believed that the sun moved through the stars "and hence imparting to their apparent motion a systematic shift, which it was the job of observations to quantify"; at the same time, the idea that galaxies might exist was little more than bold speculation."

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"What is your full name? My full name is Arthur Stanley Eddington. When were you born? When did you die? How old would you be today? I was born December 28, 1882, in Kendal, Westmoreland, England and I died November 22, 1944 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England; if alive today, I would be 125 years of age. Where were you born and what was your nationality? As mentioned above, I was born in Kendal, Westmoreland, England and my nationality is English; my education, as one might expect, was a..."

Tags:arthur, stanley, eddington

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This paper discusses the ethical handling of the Enron case by audit firm Arthur Andersen.

From the Paper
"For many years, Arthur Andersen was the gold standard in the auditing and accounting sector, widely known as having the highest level of professional integrity while still representing the financial interests of its clients within the limits of the law and to the best advantage of clients. In later years, however, as the cases of the Baptist Foundation of Arizona, Sunbeam, Enron and Waste Management, all clients of Andersen, whose accounting and auditing practices were ultimately proven to have obfuscated the reality..."

Tags:Arthur Andersen, Enron, ehtics

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This paper reflects on the life of Arthur Miller and the influence on his life and works.

Tags:arthur, miller, biography

Abstract
This paper presents a discussion and analysis of "Death of a Salesman" and Arthur Miller's essay "Tragedy and the Common Man." The works are analyzed in light of the contrast between great expectation and tragedy. Willy Loman is considered as a tragic hero.

From the Paper
"In 'Death of a Salesman' the scale of ambition that Willy Loman has for himself and his family is shown in decline and discredit burdened and sullied by the cares of the world. According to Miller, tragedy enlightens and it must, in that it points the heroic finger at the enemy of man's freedom. In 'Death of a Salesman' the enemy appears to be capitalism. If one accepts Miller's statement that the hero's destruction in the attempt to evaluate himself justly posits a wrong or an..."

Tags:tragedy, tragic hero, Aristotle, arthur miller, DEAH OF A SALESMAN

Abstract
This paper tells the life story and myth of King Arthur. It looks at the period before his birth, the legends of his strength and power, and the impact he had on the region.

Outline
Before King Arthur's Birth
Aurelius Ambrosius and Uther
Uther, the King
Uther's Death
Arthur Became the King
The Round Table
The Death of King Arthur
King Arthur's Childhood
The Sword in the Stone
Rebellion Against King Arthur
King Arthur Is Lied to
Evil Sir Mordred
The Death of King Arthur

From the Paper
"Aurelius Ambrosius and Uther did not let the murder of their brother, Constans, just passed by without revenge. When the two came to manhood, they started their revenge to Vortigern. They burned Vortigern's palace. Along with it was Vortigern who was burned to death. The death of Vortigern paved the way for Aurelius to become the king. As the king, Aurelius fought the Saxons to drive them away of Logres. Horsa, one of the leaders of the Saxons, was killed in the battle while Hengist was captured and executed. Aurelius also fought with Octa, the son of Hengist, which led to Octa's defeat. Aurelius' kingship brought about the re-establishment of Logres. He was soon poisoned by Paschent, Vortigern's son. Aurelius was buried in a Stonehenge, a large circle which was built out of Merlin's advice."

Tags:merlin, stonehenge

Abstract
The paper shows that if there was an historical King Arthur he would have existed centuries before the era of knighthood, probably sometime in the sixth century. It discusses how the historical reality of Arthur is much in doubt and remains a controversy, though Arthur has his champions who believe the stories of his reign began with a real personage and then were turned into myth and legend by various writers, each treating Arthur differently. The author traces the history of the stories relating to Arthur, and analyzes some of these works such as Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte D'Arthur" and "The History of the Kings of Britain" by Welsh monk Geoffrey of Monmouth in 1135.

From the Paper
" Many of the elements that would be part of the later tradition were missing, however. Arthur's court is not at Camelot but at a place called Caerlon-on-Usk, or City of Legions. Geoffrey contributed at least three new elements to the existing histories of Arthur--he supplied Arthur with a family tree, told of Arthur's association with Merlin, and described his burial at Avalon. Later chroniclers would use Geoffrey's account as a source and would develop more complex stories establishing Arthur as a king in the popular imagination."

Tags:Camelot, Merlin, Christien, de, Troyes, Sir, Lancelot, Holy, Grail, Mordred, Alfred, Lord, Tennyson, Idylls, of, the, King