Graded Assignment
Planning a Research Paper
The questions below will help you plan your research paper. You may have already answered some of them in your Student Guide, so refer to your Student Guide, if you wish.
Remember: You need to complete the assignment by the due date to receive full credit.
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1. Write the thesis statement of your research paper. Be sure to write it in one or two complete sentences.
Answer:
Medieval Chivalry: Reality vs. myth
What was the nobility like in Sir Thomas Malory’s time, and how was it like and unlike the noble knights he wrote about?
Sir Thomas Malory was influenced by the knights in his time to write about in Morte d’ Arthur.
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2. Write a formal outline for…show more content… How Sir Thomas Malory’s, Arthur demonstrates the specific quality or behaves in the way the knight should.
2. Arthur life in the middle ages.
a. Arthur shows the five virtues, generosity, love of and service to other, chasteness, which entails right behavior toward woman, courtesy which entails right behavior toward people all ranks, the highest virtue, which entails service to those in any needs.
b. How are Arthur shows good judgments when he is made king by ordering the lords to pledge loyalty to him. His appointment of Sir Kay to a high office cements Kay’s loyalty to him preventing family turmoil. Arthur also offers stolen lands returned to their rightful owners. These wise decisions show that Arthur is intelligent, just, and able to anticipate future problems and act to prevent them.
c. He also shows strength when he removes the sword from the stone, he continues to show strength and power as king. The young untried king leads his knights to use their power to win ‘The North and Scotland”, expanding the kingdom. Arthur behavior proves that he has the virtues of a knight, especially the highest of virtues, service to those in needs. Arthur gladly goes back to retrieve Sir Kay’s sword, and he removes the sword from the stone to help his foster brother, not for personal gain. Arthur again demonstrates his generous nature when he promises to grant whatever Sir Ector asks of his in gratitude for the years Ector has raised him as a…show more content… Look to the history and how Arthur became king to see how a heroic knight was supposed to behave.
A. The stories of bravery and saving men and women for the sake of lord and for God, knights shared the bond, of till death do they part among brotherhood of arms the, how they fought for Arthurs ideas and leadership. Knights worthy of promotion to this highest of orders because of their virtue and
