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Role Play edited The fundamentals of role-play: Role-play involves complete dedication to a role. If one dedicates …

The fundamentals of role-play: Role-play involves complete dedication to a role. If one dedicates oneself to a role, one would live one’s life accordingly with that role. Every decision and action that is done is determined by the role the person is playing. Along with this dedication, imagination and improvisation are also essential. While playing a role, the person must be completely dedicated to the morals and beliefs that make up that character. This dedication to the role requires the person to have knowledge of the character. The second essential tool needed in order to role-play is the ability to use imagination. Imagination, in my opinion, is the most crucial aspect of role-play. If the person attempting to role-play is not able to use his imagination, then the role-play experience will not be able to last. Imagination is what brings the new experiences and the excitement into the role-play.

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knighthood edited According to Boase, the Spanish nobility was essentially a class of warriors. If these warriors ha…

According to Boase, the Spanish nobility was essentially a class of warriors. If these warriors had been knighted by the king, they were permitted to wear the outfit of the noble knight. This outfit consisted of heavy metal armor, a large sword, and they were allowed to travel around on a horse. Only the wealthy and noble members of the society were able to use horses for means of transportation. Along with the armor, the knights were given special privileges in the kingdom. They were associated with the aristocracy and were very much on top in the Spanish hierarchy. When I say on top, I mean that they are part of the upper class in society and are far more influential and respected than the common citizens. The hidalgo was simply a worthy and skilled knight who served as a military commander. If a knight were to accumulate enormous amounts of wealth in their lifetime, they would be classified under another term, Infanzones (Boase 27-31).
A group of commoners or peasants existed that was called the Peasant Knighthood. These were members of the lower class who acted as if they were members of the kingdom. They were not members of the kingdom, so they didn’t get to enjoy any of the privileges that were granted to the actual knights of the kingdom. These peasant knights, although just commoners, still considered themselves to be superior to all the other common members of the kingdom (Boase 33). The only way to enjoy the privileges of knighthood was to be actually knighted by the king himself. The king played a very special role in the Spanish society. Kings were given all the power because they were considered to be vassals of god. They were allowed to break laws because he was considered above the law. This is due to the notion that the kings orders came directly from gods will. Becoming a knight meant not only serving your kingdom but also serving god himself (Boase 55).

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dulcinea character sketch edited Drew Hanna I think one of the most interest characters in Don Quijote is Dulcinea del Toboso. I f…

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I think one of the most interest characters in Don Quijote is Dulcinea del Toboso. I find her to be one of the most interesting characters in the novel because her actual existence is questionable. Never once, throughout the entire journey, do we the readers meet Dulcinea. Every mention of her and every description of her comes out of the mouth of Don Quijote. The information that we have on her is extremely limited and also comes from Don Quijote. From what we know about Dulcinea, we can conclude that she is a peasant woman from a town close to La Mancha. We also know that everything that Don Quijote does throughout his journey is done in an attempt to honor Dulcinea. She serves as a vital piece for Don Quijote, knight errant, to exist. If she was not in the story, than Don Quijote would not have a woman to fight for and would not be a true knight errant. In Don Quijote’s mind, Dulcinea is and will always be the perfect woman. She is very beautiful, virtuous and kind hearted. Because Dulcinea is a very important character to the story even though she is never present.

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women in the middle ages edited The most important virtue for women in the Middle Ages was chastity, i.e. remaining a virgin until…

The most important virtue for women in the Middle Ages was chastity, i.e. remaining a virgin until marriage and refraining from extra-marital relationships once married. Marriage was extremely important for women, because although married women were sometimes able to control their husbands business in his absence, women could not own land or a business of their own (Ratcliffe 346). Unmarried women often entered covenants or, in the worst of situations, became prostitutes. Married women were expected to maintain “purity of blood” in family lineages, and any adultery from the woman would result in the execution of both her partner and herself (Ratcliffe 346). Divorce did not exist in the eyes of the church and although legal separation was allowed, neither partner could remarry (Ratcliffe 346). It was popular for husbands to have mistress or use prostitutes to satisfy their sexual desires, which were believed so extreme that without extra-martial outlets, men might be unable to control themselves around pure women (Perry 204). To have a mistress was in many ways the same as having a wife, for men were required to publicly acknowledge her and care for her (Ratcliffe 347). Prostitutes, on the other hand, held no obligations for the men, other than the fee charged for intercourse, and were always available. Prostitutes generally came from poor families, because those with enough money to afford dowry were expected to uphold their honor (in the form of chastity) and marry. Employers, fathers, brothers, boy friends, and husbands used female relations for money from prostitution, either selling them entirely into prostitution, or continuing to support the women while taking all their income as prostitutes (Perry 201). Prostitutes were generally forced to wear different clothing so as to be distinguished from respectable, chaste, women, and were also required to remain in brothels on the outskirts of cities (Ratcliffe 349, Perry 207).
Works Cited:
Perry, Mary Elizabeth. ""Lost Women" in Early Modern Seville: The Politics of Prostitution." Feminist Studies 4(1978): 195-214.
Ratcliffe, Marjorie. "Adulteresses, Mistresses and Prostitutes: Extramarital Relationships in Medieval Castile." Hispania 67(1984): 346-350.

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