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EXPLORATION: Knight's Tale

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Application - Cold Passage Analysis
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Jot down ideas here of how this scene shows elements of medieval romance:

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Jot down ideas here of how this scene shows courtly romance:

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Jot down ideas here of how this scene shows elements of medieval romance:

Excerpt: "A Knight's Introduction," speech from the 2001 movie, A Knight's Tale

Background: In this movie, a peasant man has disguised himself as a knight in order to participate in chivalric tournaments and pursue the woman of his dreams in a courtly fashion. In this scene, his bard gives a speech to a tournament audience to introduce him as a true "knight," the made-up "Sir Ulrich".

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"My lords! My ladies. And everyone else here not sitting on a cushion! Today, you find yourselves equals! For you are all equally blessed. For I have the pride, the privilege, nay, the pleasure of introducing to you a knight sired by knights. A knight who can trace his lineage back beyond Charlemagne.

I first met him atop a mountain near Jerusalem, praying to God, asking His forgiveness for the Saracan* blood spilt by his sword.

Next, he amazed me further still in Italy when he saved a fatherless beauty from the would-be ravishings of her dreadful Turkish uncle.

In Greece, he spent a year in silence... just to better understand the sound... of a whisper.

And so, without further gilding the lily and with no more ado, I give to you, the Seeker of Serenity, the Protector of Italian Virginity, the Enforcer of our Lord God, the one, the only, SIR ULRICH VON LICHTENSTEIN!!"

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*Saracen = Muslim soldies who fought against the Christian Crusa
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In this speech, the bard cites all of the following EXCEPT which chivalric ideal?

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Which of the following qualities in his speech is NOT necessarily a chivalric or courtly ideal?

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What is the purpose of this speech?