To Sir, with Love

pitiable characters in Hope Leslie. Her feelings for Sir Philip are seemingly obsessive, and for me, regretful (at least that's what I felt for her), but her feelings toward Hope Leslie are of a greater interest. Rosa's struggle is the conflict between her extreme jealousy and her undeniable affection for Hope Leslie. The conflict of these emotions seems to be evident in every interaction between both her and Hope. Rosa confesses her love for Sir Philip, her unhappiness to Hope, and says "I have hated

The Canterbury Tales, written by Chaucer, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, written by an anonymous author, are both sophisticated fourteenth-century examples of medieval romance. Medieval romances captured the heart of their audiences as narratives and stories that featured a protagonist, often a knight, and dealt with religious allegories, chivalry, courtly love, and heroic epics. The concept of the knight emerged from the remnants of the Anglo-saxon literature and ideals and influence of the

In the scene, Orsino asks Feste to sing a song that “dallies with the innocence of love” (1212, l. 46) and as Feste sings, Orsino and Viola slowly come together and eventually their lips touch as Feste’s song is ending. During this scene, Nunn upholds the comedic attributes of the play itself by adding in the facial expressions of Feste

The play Twelfth Night, written by William Shakespeare, teaches readers many valuable lessons. Some of the lessons are about love and others are about friendship. Regardless what the lessons are about they are not only useful for the characters in the play. They are also useful for the reader. The reader can use the lessons in their personal life in the future. I feel that I can also relate to the lessons taught in the play. Twelfth Night has taught me that some jokes can be taken too far, to

seeking revenge. Sir Mordred had hundreds of thousands of men in his army while Arthur did not have a

grows older. Beowulf and Sir Gawain are extremely different despite the almost similar societies in which each grew up in. The few similarities they share are a small derivative from the religious aspect of their childhood to adulthood. Beowulf and Sir Gawain are both warriors in the sense of fighting for the protection and honor of their kings, but Beowulf struggles to maintain humility in his personality unlike Sir Gawain. Also with religion being prominent in mostly Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Sir Bedivere, a knight with a courageous amount of love for his king, the great Arthur, is a critical piece of the puzzle in understanding a knight’s devotion to his master. His presence in Morte Darthur by Sir Thomas Malory proves the love a man has for his lord. Bedivere is the last man standing, aside from Arthur, after the battle with Sir Mordred and his company. Sir Bedivere assists Arthur by completing his dying wish and comforting him prior death. The website, Arthurian Adventure, creates

to be a threat to the relationship between the knights themselves and the king of Britain. Her life began to change when she fell in love with her husbands most striking knight, Lancelot. In most stories, the queen is childless, however most stories claim that Arthur is not. There are numerous stories involving Guinevere and her love with both King Arthur and Sir Lancelot. Before King Arthur chose a wife he went

enjoyed by medieval revellers each December. As this is a comedy it means that there are multiple marriages in the final scene and happy endings for most, except maybe one person who is seen as a fool throughout the play in this instance, Sir Andrew or Malvolio or some may even think, Orsino if they have seen the Trevor Nunn film of this play, in my opinion Feste will not be an object of humour throughout the play as in the Nunn film he is quite a serious character. There are

Shakespeare, sung by Bens Kinsley) Main Characters: Helena Bonham Carter (Olivia), Richard E. Grant (Sir Andrew Aguecheek), Nigel Hawthorne (Malvolio), Ben Kingsley (Feste), Mel Smith (Sir Toby Belch), Imelda Staunton (Maria), Toby Stephens (Orsino), Imogen Stubbs (Viola) and Stephen Mackintosh (Sebastian). “Twelfth Night is an amusing and entertaining comedy of romance and gender confusion which creates a love triangle out of mistaken sexual identities. The period has been moved up to the early 19th