"French writer and priest who for his contemporaries was an eminent physician and humanist and for posterity is the author of the comic masterpiece Gargantua and Pantagruel." This writer was notably famous for this story and let is set the tone for his beliefs and representations that he later shows throughout the themes and deeper meanings found in this story. Without this story it seems that he would have a harder time communicating his beliefs and what ideals he wanted to leave this world with.

Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. (n.d.). François Rabelais. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved April 15, 2022, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francois-Rabelais

Gargantua throughout his life was seen as ill mannered at times and had to put in the efforts to be seen as a well mannered, educated giant. He therefore wants his son, Pantagruel, to excel in all ways he could not. This is very difficult as his son is born with about as many manners that his father was. His father therefore sends him to be educated in ways he could never achieve himself. This supports a theme of satire directed towards the higher classes/royalty. This is supported by the quote, "Pantagruel is raised with better manners, but Rabelais satirizes Pantagruel to show an example of how members of the upper classes often associate themselves with less than deserving followers. Pantagruel’s best friend, Panurge, for instance, is a truly despicable man, yet Pantagruel supports him and rewards him with land and titles." So while Pantagruel works his whole life to learn manners and become highly educated, his best friend is a scammer, trickster and con-artist. Pantagruel often turns a blind eye to his friends misgivings and wrongdoings.

source Rabelais, F. (n.d.). Gargantua and Pantagruel themes. GradeSaver. Retrieved April 2, 2022, from https://www.gradesaver.com/gargantua-and-pantagruel/study-guide/themes

This quote is highlighting the insanity of Don Quixote. It has said he has gone mad from reading too many books about knights and as a result sees battles and warriors that are not there. He creates these situations that don't actually exist. "these fights are merely a figment of Quixote’s imagination. The most notable of these fights is the one involving windmills which Quixote sees as giant warriors." This is taken from an analysis done of the themes present in this story, one of them being the exploration of madness and delusion. This theme Is important to the overall theme of perceptive and how that influences the actions of certain individuals. Don Quixote quite literally created battles that weren't there in order to fulfill his fantasy of being a knight.

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In this, the daughter of Wazir is determined to end the violence of the kings ways. This is after he has already married and killed women for the past 3 years and she truly believes she can change his ways. Shahrazad then blackmails her dad to let her marry the king and he finally agrees but has little hope she will succeed. She then manages to hold the king from killing her by telling thousands of stories and maintaining his cusiorty. This foreshadows the ending of the story to the readers as she must succeed, in the source provided by the Art of UK speaking of the King, ""He eventually saw the error of his ways and the injustices he'd wrought. Professing his true love for Scheherazade, they finally began a life together. The bloodlust stopped, and peace was restored.". This just shows that Shahrazad will succeed and survive, creating a better kingdom for her own children as well as everyone else's.

source: https://artuk.org/discover/stories/scheherazade-the-story-of-a-storyteller

This is a very significant part to the story as it introduces the green knight who rides in with a holly bough and a magnificent axe. The knight is also described as green from head to toe, which is also seen as significant as green was seen as the color of death in medieval times, much as how in modern times, black is seen as a color of death. This is shown in the scholarly journal written by Nancy Lenz, "The association of green with death can be traced through medieval tradition in suab elements as an ancient riddle where death is said to be "greener than grass."" This sets up the readers to be prepared for the green knight to have a plan that revolves around death and tricks.

Citation: Harvey, Nancy Lenz, "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the chivalric ideal of the fourteenth century" (1965). Master's Theses. 1176. http://scholarship.richmond.edu/masters-theses/1176

Medea was a women scorned, left by her husband who chased after the admiration of a princess she was left to raise her children alone. She often speaks of how mistreated women of that time were and how they were all just expected to be okay with it, to do nothing. Medea vowed to get her revenge and while she took extreme measures, she did just that. In this quote taken from the Medea the Feminist, by Z. Smit, "Medea boldly asserts that women's life requires more courage than that of men. She compares giving birth to fighting in war and says that the former requires more courage. This has rightly been called 'the most famous feminist statement in ancient literature." He examines this particular section of the play and shares how it relates to the feminists of modern times. He shares how Medea was one of the most inspiring women found in literature due to her strength and ability to speak her truths. She had no issue boldly diminishing the trials fought by men by simply comparing it to something every women is just expected to do. I agree with his statement and thought it was a noteworthy point to address.

Smit, Zyl. “Medea the Feminist - JSTOR.” Medea the Feminist Classical Association of South Africa, 2002, www.jstor.org/stable/24595328.

At this point in the Bhadgavad Gita, Kirshna is explaining to Arjuna about meditation and yoga. He tries to dive into the true meaning of what it means to meditate and be alone with oneself completely. He uses examples of what a wise sage does in the process of meditation and yoga. He says one must abandon the desires of ones own mind, one must dwell outside the stress of passion and fear and anger. In a quote by Brisbon and Lowery, "This increased awareness of the present moment can help an individual to let go of ruminative thoughts and not dwell on them, which may aid in the elimination of negative thought patterns." This quote serves to support the text spoken by Krishna as he describes meditation as finding comfort for the soul and uses it as a guide to help Arjuna eliminate the thoughts that would lead him astray from his duty on earth.

Brisbon, Nicholas. “Mindfulness and Levels of Stress: A Comparison of Beginner and Advanced Hatha Yoga Practitioners.” Journal of Religion and Health, 24 June 2015,