The main difference, is one is an old wise tale and one is a movie. Both he and Beowulf are somewhat leaders in their own way. They both have quests which are their Destinys. Beowulf is a long journey. While in FoD, his journey is almost completely supernatural.
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Social Commentary
When people usually start to talk about society they start off with everything that is wrong with society. Well, we live in a great and free country. But every year there’s always something different going on. We have technology advances, we will have new leaders in our country this coming year, we have new jobs, …
Morte D Arthur
The elements of Medieval romance in this unit were Chivalry, Noble Hero’s, Women being highly valued, Supernatural events, and the 3 and 7 repetition. Launcelot was the noble knight, and King Arthur was the tragic hero. There was a lot of satire in the movie we watched Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy …
Canterbury Tales Reflection
The Canterbury tales were readings of a few different stories in class. We read The Prologue, The Pardoners Tale and The Wife of Baths Tale. These stories are from the Middle English time period written by Geoffrey Chaucer. We stayed on this unit for a while. Wife of Bath- This story showed a lot of …
Sir Gawain and the Green knight.
The last unit we did for the first semester was about Sir Gawain and the green knight. Ive never read or heard this story before and it was very interesting. We learned a lot about the old language used then compared to now. I thought the setting and the plot of the story was unique. …
Historical Background Project
The first project we did for the new quarter was the Historical Background Project. For the assignment we had to write 2 paragraphs of each topic following 2 pictures. We had to have a total of 5 topics. My 5 topics were the Black Death, Magna Carta, Westminster Abbey, Saint Augustine, and The Italian Renaissance. …
Beowulf and Elegies
The most recent unit we’ve done in class was the Beowulf and Elegies readings. The story of Beowulf is both an epic and a elegy. An elegy is a poem of great reflection, it usually is about mourning a death of someone or something. We’ve learned from Beowulf that most movies today are based around …
Scholarship/ Cover letter
The second unit we discussed in class was the cover letter and scholarship app section. The best way to write a scholarship essay is to be unique because colleges read many different essays every week. You need to stick out and be different that everyone else. Also remove any clutter you may have. Students in …
Clutter in Writing
The first unit we did this year was Clutter in Writing. Clutter in writing is an extra word or sentence that doesn’t really help your main point. Clutter is going to make you sound very boring and people are going to want to quit reading whatever you wrote. The best way to fix clutter is …
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This blog was created for my senior year English class. We use this to explain what we have learned each unit in class. At the end of each quarter we have 4 units to add to here.
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