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This paper explores, section by section, the main themes and characters in Whites' popular representation of the immortal legend of King Arthur. The paper explains how White takes a legend and creates a tale full of love, loyalty, war, peace, and idealism. He gives the reader a tragic tale of the human spirit. The paper continues to discuss that the plot remains central to the theme of "might vs. right" until the very end.

From the Paper
"The next section entitled The Queen of Air and Darkness tells of Arthur's war to defend his title and secure his throne. His fight to claim his rights leads Arthur to a battle within himself. At one point Arthur declares to his subjects "Why can't you harness might so that it works for right" (254). He believes that in his pursuit to conquer his foes, he could use might to turn the bad things into something good. Merlyn is aware of his naivete but knows that time will bring knowledge or failure. Only time will tell the story. Later in the Ill-Made Knight, he creates a roundtable of his best and most noble knights to fight for the good of the kingdom. He chooses as one of his knights, Sir Lancelot, known as a "knight with a medieval respect for honour" (353)."

Tags:literature, might, right, King, Arthur, theme, plot

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This paper discusses how T. H. White's book is an attempt upon the author's part to tell the story of King Arthur and the Round Table through new eyes, to a new audience. It shows how the book details Arthur's coming to power and his loss of power in four books. It is not simply as a history of nobility or the English crown, but chronicles an experimental ideal of justice advanced by Arthur during an earlier era of English history.

From the Paper
"The equally anachronistic ideal of democracy in the Middle Ages is reflected in the book's symbolic use of the Round Table. The Round Table has no head, unlike a rectangular table. The rectangular table was the traditional table used by kings to administer their courts. The rectangular table has a "head," or a seat alone, where the presiding individual stands above and aloof from the others. But the round table of King Arthur does not have such a head. It does not have such a seat apart from the other knights, even for the king himself. During a meeting of Arthur and his knights, Arthur is an equal. During a council meeting, every knight has the same right to articulate his grievances."

Tags:court, knight, royalty, crown, justice

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This paper gives proof to the statements that women cause all the evil in the world and hence the destruction. The paper makes reference to two pieces of literature: White's ''The Once and Future King'' and Wolfram von Eschenbach's "Parzival".

Tags:women, responsible, evil

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This paper examines the roles in literature and history of the following women, among others - Maid Marian, Queen Morgan le Fay and Queen Morgause. The paper is based on the book by White which describes the attributes of these woman as representing true female qualities. It assists in providing a fuller definition of "woman" which White aims to achieve.

From the Paper
"In T.H. White's The Once and Future King, women have portrayed one or a few aspects of, "the totality of what can be known" (Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, p. 116) In myth, women play the parts of goddess, mother, temptress, and supernatural aid. Queen Morgan le Fay is depicted as a temptress, luring people into her castle for eternal imprisonment. Maid Marian embodies the goddess, mother figure, and supernatural aid as she leads the two children through the Forest Sauvage. Queen Morgause acts as a temptress, distracting King Pellinore and Sir Grummore Grummursum, however changes for the good. All three women combined represent Campbell's definition of "woman.""

Tags:arthur, fay, le, maid, marian, merlin, morgan, morgause, queen

Abstract
This paper takes a look at this play which is set in post World War Two Nigeria and of the customs of burying a King. The play is based on a ritual that was practiced by the Yoruba tribe. If a king died, his horseman, horse and dog had to follow the king into the afterlife. These customs and rituals are analyzed for their symbolism throughout the play.

From the Paper
"In "Death and the King's Horseman," Soyinka describes the circumstances surrounding and leading up to the ritual suicide of Elesin Oba, the King's chief horseman. On the day of the burial of the king the day of Elesin's suicide, the horseman is celebrated and praised. The Praise-Singer celebrates the life of Elesin. The village women glorify his exploits and the supreme sacrifice he is about to make. There is singing and dancing as part of the celebration. Elesin is arrayed in the richest and most colorful finery. A prominent woman Iyaloja acquiesces to Elesin's request to marry and consummate relationships, if only for one night, with a young beautiful woman who is betrothed to her own son. Such is the willingness of the village to glorify Elesin. After the marriage, the procession winds to the village and the place of the suicide ritual. Soyinka vividly and lyrically describes how the Praise-Singer plays devils advocate asking whether Elesin is ready to go through with it. Elesin is ready; he enters a trance that transcends the boundaries of physical feeling."

Tags:king, burial, play, royalty, animals, afterlife, custom

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This paper introduces the well known address of 1973 by the moral philosopher, Annette Beier, framing the need to preserve the environment in terms of the rights of future generations. The paper indicates a highly American understanding of what rights are and their signficance in moral terms, and compares this with Canadian conservatism's greater focus on the obligations of the citizen. The paper makes a mention of W. Christian's work on George Grant, with an explanation of how ideas of rights differ.

From the Paper
"This paper refer to the moral philosopher and Hume expert, Annette Baier (1929 - ) and a paper that she first delivered at the 1973 meeting of the American Philosophical Association that was reproduced in E. Partridge's volume, Responsibilities to Future Generations. (1980:171-183) The paper is written very clearly and offers a quite compelling argument in the possibility and later, the need to ensure that some rights are provided for future generations because this can be done, and should be done. Baier begins by expressing her concept of basic rights as in a fundamental right to non-interference and a right to recourse should the person's..."

Tags:1973 address, rights of future, ecology

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This paper takes a look at the work of Dorothea Orem and Imogene King in the world of nursing. According to the paper, both Orem and King have contributed considerably to the development of nursing science and conceptual theory. The paper goes on to review and discuss Orem and King's theories.

From the Paper
"As far as nursing is concerned, both of these individuals see the importance of nursing as a helping and supportive field. Orem's emphasis is on art and technology to help someone care for him/herself, whereas King's is on meeting a social need and both individuals and groups who require healthcare. The emphasis on Orem's approach in on the patient doing as much as possible for him/herself; King's is on the interrelationship between the nurse and the patient. Orem's stress is on the immediate need of care and King is on a longer timetable of care from birth to illness to care of the dying in social settings."

Tags:nurses, patients, interpersonal, communication, holistic, health, biological, social

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A comparison and contrast of the writing styles of Alfred Hitchcock and Stephen King. It looks at how both are similar in presenting the everyday life and in terms of building suspense, sexual tension and the macabre. It also discusses Hitchcock's collaboration with screenwriters on the scripts for the films and King's prolific output as a novelist who is more graphic than Hitchcock.

From the Paper
"The writing styles of Alfred Hitchcock and Stephen King are similar in a number of ways. Both writers exhibit a writing style in which we find suspense, sexual tension, the macabre and inhibited or uninhibited character ..."

Tags:suspense, tension, macabre, characterization, everyman, supernatural, psyche, fear

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This five-page undergraduate paper analyzes Wole Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman. The paper gives an account of the motivation and circumstances leading to the arrest and imprisonment of Elesin Oba on the order of Mr. Pilkings.

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This paper compares and contrasts two Arthurian legends with respect to the role of the hero cycle. It looks at T.H. White's novel that traces the life of King Arthur, "The Once and Future King," and the chivalric adventure, "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." It also looks at the hero quest and the journey to obtain it in both stories.

From the Paper
"Among the many themes that dominate all Arthurian literature is that of the hero on a cyclic quest in pursuit of some greater good or cause that speaks to the obligation of the knight to protect others. In this brief.."

Tags:King Arthur, Holy Grail, hero quest, hero cycle