T.S. Eliot wrote "The Waste Land" using a different type of poetry style and organization than was typical at the time. It follows the flow of its own themes, jumping from time to time and place to place as quickly as a thought comes and goes. Eliot uses opposites juxtaposed with each o...

A HISTORIOGRAPHY OF ROGER SHERMAN LOOMIS The tales of the Arthurian legend are some of the most popular from medieval times, and the reason for this is primarily due to their fabulous nature. In them are the exploits of heroes and the machinations of villains, the workings of sorcerers and th...

Tracing Chivalry Through Knighthood Throughout my semester of studies on knighthood, I have noticed two major swings in its goal. At first the knight existed only as a vassal, a mounted warrior for fighting. Then as the first crusade came around in 1095 it turned the knights...

Response to T.H. "White's The Once and Future King" Might for Right "Anguish of Ireland had once dreamed of a wind which blew down all their castles and towns, and this one was conspiring to do it." This quote from The Once and Future King symbolizes the huge wars fought, as well as t...