2. Knight in Shining Armour Damsel in Distress Explained

3. Lancelot was a Knight literally in shining armour. He rescued women from the arms of dragons.

4. The BIRTH of the KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR is born!

5. A KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR is someone who helps you when you are in a difficult situation. She looked around the bar to see if there was a knight in shining armour who might come and save her from this awful man.

6. The damsel in distress is a character of fiction. She is almost inevitably a young, noble woman, who has been placed in a dire predicament by a villain or a monster and who requires a hero (knight in shining armour) to dash to her rescue.

7. Maid Marian was a Damsel in Distress. She was being forced to marry the evil Sheriff of Nottingham.

8. Robin Hood was maid Marian’s knight in shining armour. Not literally- he rescued her (without the armour!).

9. DAMSELS Ann Darrow from King Kong Kim Bauer in 24 Princess Leia in Star Wars Wendy Darling from Peter Pan Princess Fiona in Shrek Elizabeth Swan from Pirates of the Caribbean Lois Lane from Superman Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty Snow White Princess Buttercup from The Princess Bride Christine in The Phantom of the Opera

10. KNIGHTS Sir Gawain Sir Lancelot Robin Hood Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice Giles Winterbourne in The Woodlanders Colonel Brandon in Sense and Sensibility Beowulf Superman Spiderman Terminator Shrek Peter Pan Raoul in Phantom of the Opera

11. Is a KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR Is a DAMSEL IN DISTRESS