There, just a few feet away from him, he saw a human hand, floating on the surface of the water. He quickly made his way to it, pulling it out of the water in an attempt to save the damsel in distress. However, he was confused when he grabbed it because it was cold and there was no movement. He stood in shock as he pulled the body part, because it was just that; a woman’s arm. It seemed to have been almost ripped off or dismembered, as it was bloody and gory. Perplexed, he looked around the cave, checking if there were any more parts or limbs in the water. Seconds later, more body parts came floating to the surface of the pond. A single hand, a leg, a foot, and soon enough, a head. Just as he was about to leave the pond, he heard a woman’s voice crying for help. She had a soft, distressed and almost tired voice. “Oh, my kind and brave knight, will you please help me? I am unable to swim to you but please help me!” Immediately, he leapt into the water, trying to save the poor woman from the danger she was in. “My fair damsel, where are you? I cannot see you, please extend your hand to me so I can reach you.” A bloody hand reached out for him, calling his attention. He slowly reached towards her cold, pale hand. Inches away from her hand, what felt like claws grabbed his wrist. “Fair lady, you are hurting me! Please let me go so I can hold you properly and get you out of here!” His wrist was getting bruised, turning different colors like blue, purple and black. He screamed in agony as his hand was being quite literally ripped off of his arm, in cold blood. As a reflex, he pulled away his hand, as it was hurting far too much. He held his hand in pain, attempting to stop the blood from gushing from his arm. His hand was gone. He looked back at the maiden, only to see her holding his hand. Her own had become dark and terrifying. Then, an ugly, distorted and almost not human-like face pounced at him. He wasn’t able to get much of a glimpse at her, but she had fangs and a wide mouth, open just enough to literally eat his face. He tried running away, clawing the ground and dirt with his remaining hand in an attempt to get away from the creature. However, she grabbed his ankle, dragging him into the water. When he was in her grip, she did just that, ripping and eating his face off his head, his bare facial muscles bleeding out. His body was convulsing, his screams ending. He fell into the water, his horse running away from the cave. The siren proceeded to eat the rest of him, morphing his limbs to be femenine and woman-like. This way, she was able to lure in more gullible knights and have them as her prey.
Month: September 2022
Quotes of the week:
“Your future is what you do today, not tomorrow.”
“He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“To be the best, you mist be able to handle the worst.”
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks to change himself.” -Leo Tolstoy
All of these quotes are insoiring to be better everyday. With the first one, we are told that we are currently building our futures up. Johann Wolfgang tells us that happiness comes from us, not where we are. In order to be the best, we mist be able to overcome every hard onstacle or scenario thrown at us, because to be the best at something, you must always be prepared. Lastly, in order to change the world, we must first make that internal change before reflecting ourselves out to the world.
Miscellaneous Task #3: “I’m Your King!” (video clip: Monty Python and the Holy Grail-1975)
In the video, we see a scene from the satirical parody of the legend of King Arthur, Monty Pithon and the Holy Grail. The clip is shown to be funny, as it is meant to bring light to the legend in a way people would understand. First, we see King Arthur arriving to his kingdom by himself, and confusing a man with a woman. This can be seen as oddly sexist. Later on, him and the man had an argument because of this confusion, and an actual woman joins in saying she actually did not know they had a king because of the monarchy being so distant. They also expressed how they didn’t like the method used to choose a king, that being pulling a sword out of a stone, saying it was irrational.
I feel like this way of sharing the topic and making people realize how irrational it actually was is genius. Personally, I tend to like comedy more than a serious movie, and bringing the attention in a funny way is not only entertaining, it’s also effective.
Listening and Speaking
Reading and Writing
“Whoever has received knowledge and eloquence in speech from God should not be silent or secretive but demonstrate it willingly. When a great good is widely heard of, then, and only then, does it bloom, and when that good is praised by man, it has spread its blossoms.” -Marie DeFrance
“What is better than wisdom? Women. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.” -Geoffrey Chaucer
”Nothing good ever comes of violence” -Martin Luther
“For to die with honor is better than to live disgraced”
“A kind heart is like a slow pioson for a warrior”
I enjoyed the quotes for this week. A lot of them opened my eyes and raised a lot of points for me. My favorite one was the one by Marie DeFrance. As someone who aspires to be an actress, I feel like I don’t express my feelings good enough. I am working on that, though! The others still made me realize things. The one about the warrior and the kind heart feels like something we should all have in mind, because at some point in our lives we all have to do something we think is “mean”. Also, dying with a solid legacy feels more importanti to me than to live and be hated. Overall, these quotes were enjoyable and I look forward to the rest.