Option #1: Challenging
It has been said that making a journey or taking a trip is sometimes more important than actually reaching one’s destination.
Through an analysis of the major archetypes found only in The Tale of the Sangreal, explain how this statement applies to the Knights of the Round Table and their quest for the Holy Grail.
What lessons does the story seem to be teaching and how are these lessons communicated by the story's archetypal motifs?
Option #2: Challenging
At various times throughout the stories we have read, the knights come into contact with certain holy men, hermits, or recluses who offer them advice or help them interpret their dreams, visions, and other experiences.
Discuss these encounters as archetypal experiences. Explain what the reader comes to learn about the religious values of the Middle Ages as these religious representatives interpret the symbolic dreams, visions, and experiences of individual knights throughout these stories.
Essay Specifications
All essays MUST:
--Be at least 500 words in length but no more than two type written pages in length.
--Use only 1” margins and 12 pt. Times New Roman font.
--Be written in formal, standard written English: the diction
employed in the essay must be elevated, but not
pompous or pretentious.
--Demonstrate an understanding of periodic sentence structures.
--Properly introduce and integrate at least 6-8 brief, relevant quotations
from the primary text(s); one-point
deductions will be made for any mistakes made in this area, including
comma splices.
--Not use outside sources of any kind.
--Imitate the special sentence structures that were taught in class.
These structures must be placed in bold-faced
type. One-point deductions will be made for incorrect structures
and structures not place in bold.
--Include a well-developed introduction that does not merely repeat a modified form of the prompt.
--Include a well-developed conclusion that does not merely repeat
the thesis statement or the topic sentences from
the body paragraphs.