A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Group

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lorenatorres
lorenatorres
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High School - 11th Grade

Give an example of one way the Yankee tried to undermine the Knights?

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Posted by lorenatorres on Thursday January 17, 2008 at 9:57 AM and tagged with a connecticut yankee in king arthur's court, knights, yankee.

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  1. amy-lepore Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

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    One examples of undermining the knights is when the Yankee gives them all bicycles to ride instead of manning their usual horses.  I can imagine that is must have been quite amusing to see them all in their armor mounting and riding bikes...nothing of the romantic idealism in that scene.

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    Posted by amy-lepore on Thursday January 17, 2008 at 11:25 AM


  2. linda-allen Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

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    Another way Hank tries to undermine the knights is to do away with the tournament. He hates the chivalric code and everything to do with it. So he tries to get the knights to play baseball instead of jousting and fighting in a melee. The problem is that the knights still wear their armor in the baseball game.

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    Posted by linda-allen on Friday January 25, 2008 at 3:34 PM