STEP THREE: THE VICTORIAN PERIOD
1. List and describe at least two historical events that occurred during or right before the Victorian Period. (2 paragraphs)
The Victorian Period begin at 1832 and ended at 1901. This period was considered an period of relative political and social stability. The thing that happened during this period was when the First Reform Act of 1832 was established. This Reform Act of 1832 introduced the wide changes to the electoral system of the United Kingdom. This Act was set out to take effectual Measures for correcting diverse Abuses that have long prevailed in the Choice of Members to serve in the Common House of Parliament.
The other historical event that happened during this period was when the Ten Hours Act was passed in 1847. This Act limited the number of hours that women and children can work in factories. This was set out because many children and women were getting hurt on the job. Some were over worked and fell asleep on the job. For example some workers such as kids were carrying coals while others actually took a nap on the job, because they were so tired.
2. After reading about these events, what do you think life was like for normal people during this time? (1 paragraph)
I think during this time people were suffering and in the middle of poverty. For instance people left the rural areas in hope of better jobs and homes in the cities, but it only made things worse in the cities. For example the cities were overcrowded and people were staying ten to twelve in a room, also in slums that had two toilets for every 250 people. Now this in my opinion is something that I think these normal people had to go through also, they probably did not feel safe in their homes anymore. Then again some might had felt like they had to leave also and start over to a place where less people are, that's how I think they're lives were like.
3. The biggest difference between the Victorian Period and the Romantic Period is that the Romantic period consisted of the people fighting to earn their freedom against kings and queens. Also they had different issues, it consisted of people Romantic Poetry and of happiness in people lives. The Victorian Period consisted of death and poverty in the lives of people. People were immigrating a lot and moving to big cities where most people worked in the factories for little pay. Also the poets for this period show sufferance, economics depression, unemployment problems, famine, and other problems that were not what you would have expected.
The thing that caused this change was the growth of the British Empire and the expansion of the Industrial Revolution, and also the political power was extended to the middle and working classes. I think that's what caused the change and how Middle Class Victorians back then prided themselves on the material advances and on their ability to solve human problems. Also I think that many people just probably wanted to explore and break way of their lives. Also some probably felt that it was the best thing to do. For instance they knew that something good was going to come out of it in the end.
4. The things that Victorian poets wanted to express with their work was:
Decorum And Authority- Victorian society regarded seduced or adulterous women as "fallen" and pushed them to the margins of respectability. Victorian decorum also supported powerful ideas about authority. Many Victorians were uneasy about giving strong authority to a central government, mainly it was full of cruelties and hypocrites.
Questions and Doubts- Was filled with voices asking questions and raising doubts. This meant that they thought shallow and complacent. They also asked questions like whether material comfort fully satisfied human needs and wishes. They questioned the cost of exploiting the earth and human beings to achieve such comfort. They protested or mocked codes of decorum and authority.
from trust to Skepticism and Denial- Trust in a transcendental power was also characteristic. they were the immediate heirs of the Romantic idea of a finite natural world surrounded by and interfaced with an infinite, ideal transcendental reality. They made people aware of the connection with the earth and heaven, body and soul, and material ideal with this characteristic.
Revealing Reality, Creating Coherence-Some writers wanted to scare or shame readers into effective moral and political actions that they optimistically believed were possible. While some wanted to show the readers what it is like to live in a pleasurable moment of intense feeling like those caught in lyrics or monologues and novels.
STEP FOUR: VICTORIAN POETRY
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
He wrote the poem called "Ring out, wild bells" from In Memoriam. This poem talks about the strife and bad that people have been through. Alfred wants them to ring out all the bad things and ring in the happiness that was once portrayed before everything went wrong. For example he says, " Ring out the old, ring in the new." This just speaks even more clear to what he wants in life. This altogether is showing that Alfred is revealing reality and creating coherence all at once. He wants the people to believe that change can happen regardless of what type of problem is existing wherever.
When it comes to trust and skepticism and denial, Alfred shows this by letting his readers know the things hat he has been through and others also. He is engaging them within his life and past. For example in the poem he says, " Ring in the love of truth and right,Ring in the common love of good." Then when it comes to Question and doubts Alfred is saying that he wants everyone to understand where he's coming from and wants everything to be original the way they use to be. Also the last one was decorum and authority, he stands up and says his feelings and wants the larger heart to be considered the lager hand. For example he says " Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand."
Robert Browning
He wrote the poem called "Life in Love" this poem is talking about the deeds of a lover who knows that love is every where. Robert is saying that for as long as they both breathe the same air then it'll be hard for them to love another. He uses the form of decorum and authority by saying she is a certain something and by saying if he pursue one must not. For example he says, " Me the loving and you the loth, While the one eludes, must the other pursue. Then this brings up Questions and doubts to the plate. Robert gets tired of this someone having to do the same thing like him. For example he says, " But what if I fail of my purpose here? It is but to keep the nerves at strain." Here Robert is saying that he wants to live his life not based on failing but of actually doing it.
Then when it comes to trust to skepticism and denial Robert begins to wonder what could make things better for him, so he compares things to his body part and life. For example he says," To dry one's eyes and laugh at a fall,And baffled, get up to begin again,— So the chase takes up one's life, that's all." Then when it comes to the reality part and creating coherence he tend to say that things are to to him and low as the ground. For example he says, " At me so deep in the dust and dark,No sooner the old hope drops to ground," Tats all I think Robert has portrayed with this poem.
Matthew Arnold
He wrote a poem called " Isolation: To Marguerite. " This poem talks about the isolation or the lost of a love that stayed to far apart from one another. This poem undergoes decorum and authority when Matthew says, " Farewell!—and thou, thou lonely heart,Which never yet without remorse." Here he is saying like he knows everything and knows for sure that they'll have to say goodbye eventually. Also saying that his lorn want ever remorse without him, he's letting the readers know that he has the operand and knows whats next.
Then when it comes to questions and doubts, he says, " But thou hast long had place to prove This truth—to prove, and make thine own Thou hast been, shalt be, art, alone." This is saying that Matthew thought about his character being alone but what would that cause and what would it do for them both to be alone and not see each other again. For trust and denial Matthew says in his poem, " The fault was grave! I might have known,What far too soon, alas! I learn'd—" he is saying that he knew what was going on and only wanted the truth to come out. he did not know his alas would be embedded somewhere without his knowledge of knowing. With reality and coherence Robert he made it real to his readers by putting in more illustrations of what his feelings and things would have been like. For example he said, " Of happier men—for they, at least, Have dream'd two human hearts might blend In one, and were through faith released From isolation without end."
Thomas Hardy
He wrote a poem called " Hap." This poem talks about if a vengeful god came down and said somethings other like, " Thou suffering thing,Know that thy sorrow is my ecstasy,that thy love's loss is my hate's profiting!" He said he would not be surprised but only thankful that such thing has happened to him like that. The decorum and authority is when he says, " Crass Casualty obstructs the sun and rain, And dicing Time for gladness casts a moan. . ." For instance he is saying what used to be their wants is now nothing but pain and littleness to them. Plus he's saying that there needs to be some type of authority around or some change.
With questions and doubts Hardy tends to actually say what his doubts are, For example he says, " Thou suffering thing, Know that thy sorrow is my ecstasy,that thy love's loss is my hate's profiting!" So basically he is saying that he hate to loose something that he loves. For trust to skepectism to denial, I think Hardy's portraying this by saying, " Then would I bear it, clench myself, and die, Steeled by the sense of ire unmerited." This means he want do anything to hurt himself if he saw the '' one'' (god) came down and actually said a few words to him. Then when it comes to revealing reality and creating coherence Hardy tells his readers that he have suffered pain and is tired of it, this calls problems. For example he says, " And dicing Time for gladness casts a moan. . .These purblind Doomsters had as readily strown Blisses about my pilgrimage as pain." Now this what he's saying can really make anyone want to do something about it, so he was causing drama.
*Website where all Quotes came from, just put in poets name:
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19426
Monday, April 23, 2007
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Romantic Period
STEP ONE: THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
1. The Romantic Period started with the French Revolution in 1789. The French Revolution was a major political and social change in the political history of Europe and France. This Revolution started with the storming of the prison called Bastille on July 14,1789. The Revolution also led to the overthrow of a king, by a democratic agitator. So this was the period in which everyone wanted to revolt from their kings and live life better, the way they wanted to, but this led to the beheading of them by king Louis XVI with a guillotine.
* Another historical event that occurred during this period was the Industrial Revolution. This period brought change to the English life, for instance people use to make everything by hand, during that time, they looked for machines in factories to do it for them. Now that seems the easy route to go, but some people felt differently about this new way of life. those people were small farmers and those that were kind of the smallest class. Small farmers were being forced to give their lands up, meaning some had no whee else to go, so they were left to homeless, while others just joined the factory jobs. Then there was a policy that was passed known as the Laissez Faire. This stated that economic laws should be allowed to operate freely without government interference. This means they were able to do anything they wanted without the government getting involve.
2. In my opinion I think people were probably happy and at the same time sad about their new ways of life. During the French Revolution many people wanted to revolt from their king, but many thought monarchy rule was okay. I'd have to say that actually having a good leader to represent you would fit the profile of a society that wants to increase. Then in the Industrial Revolution the small class people were treated like snobs while others considered the best. I thought that was wrong, and now I see that judging people will never end even if you hope it will.
Also with the Industrial Revolution many people were able to try new things and live their life easier. I wonder why they didn't want that kind of change, but then again the small farmers needed their land and stock just to make a living.
3. Many poets wanted to express their fascination with youth and innocence, they wanted to express their idealistic views ,and some wanted to develop the awareness of adapting to change. Those are the three things that poets wanted to express in their work.
Fascinated with youth and innocence-This means their showing growth, by exploring and learning to trust their emotions and our sense of will and identity.They also want the readers to feel in tune with them also, by setting a tone. Many poets express this by changing up the many rhyme schemes in their poems.
Questioning authority and tradition for idealistic purposes-People begin to question tradition and authority in order to imagine better. This refers to happiness, equal, and healthier ways to live. Also people tend to embrace their works and put life in their works by engaging their situation with their personal situations out of life, hoping to feel better about their problems.
Developing an awareness of adapting to change-People acquired a stronger and even stronger awareness of change and that they try to find ways to adapt to it. The poets can feel and see what they've improved on and it just makes them want to find better ways to live with it. Then there are some that tend to never find themselves, and those are the ones that need inspiration from other poets amongst them.
STEP TWO: ROMANTIC POETRY:
William Blake
He wrote ,a poem that was called " The Clod and The Pebble." This poem is talking about the many desires and the many choices of love. William Blake shows his capacity for love by letting every one of his readers know that love is blind. He shows the youth of innocence in this poem by saying, " Love seekth out only to please." I thought this was something that showed how and what love can do to make its point understanding.
Also in this poem William is expressing the idealistic view of poetry in his poem. For example he says, "Nor for itself hath any care; But for another gives its ease." This means he's keeping the readers in suspense, he wants them to think about what his next line is going to mean. Also he kind of figures that people know where he's coming from and that his words tend delight everyone in many ways. William Blake is a good writer who expresses the view of the Romantic period very well and he's a person who feels relief in his work. For example in this poem he states its delighted to be bind of another.
William Wordsworth
This poet wrote many poems that were very romantic, the one that stood out to me was, " My Heart Leaps Up." I thought this poem showed great gratitude for this period. The reason why I say this is because in the beginning of the poem he talks about his life and he compares it to a rainbow, he says " A rainbow in the sky:So was it when my life began." This is showing that William Wordsworth is expressing his poem through his emotions. William shows that his life and manhood is apart of everything that he does and he's not afraid to let anyone know it.
This leads me up to say that he has no need to question his works, because he knows and is aware of his capabilities. For example in the poem he say, " So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old." Basically William is adapting to his life and the fact that he'll always live it to the fullest without doubt but with awareness. he fits the Romantic period because he is in tune with his work and doesn't care if anyone knows. He knows that one day it'll happen and when it does, it want matter because he already did what he had to do.
George Gordon, Lord Byron
He wrote a poem called " To Romance, I thought this poem for sure would show his point of view on romance and whether or not he use the same expressions as most poets about the romance. In this poem Gordon is not fascinated with his youth anymore. For instance in the poem he says, "I break the fetters of my youth," This is speaking for itself, Gordon no longer wants to trust his work anymore or his life and even the people within his life. Then again he confesses that its hard to quit something that's been apart of you for a while. For example he says, "And yet 'tis hard to quit the dreams, Which haunt the inauspicious soul."
Gordon also undergoes the expression of developing an awareness for adapting to change. He does seem like he is aware of everything that has happened and wants a change to occur one way or the other. For example he says, " With shame, I own, I've felt thy sway; Repentant, now thy reign is o'er; No more thy precepts I obey,No more on fancied pinions soar." This means he is aware of the change and knew it was bound to come eventually. When comes to questioning the authorities and the idealistic purposes, Gordon tends to do this by saying what friends and women can do that will make you wonder why and how life could be this way then? For example in the poem he says, " Confess that woman's false as fair,and friends have feeling for---themselves?" He also says, " And must we own thee, but a name, And from thy hall of clouds descend? This shows that he question why people only thinks of themselves and why women are all false/ fake. So yeah I'll say this poet shows the views of romantic poetry, but in a hateful way.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
He wrote a poem called "A widow bird sate mourning for her Love." This poem talks about a person looking from their window and seeing the trees, stream, forest and everything frozen. Shelley expresses this poem very well by showing his youth of innocence in it. For example int he poem he says," There was no leaf upon the forest bare. No flower upon the ground." There he shows that he is exploring the outside and has seen what the forest has bee through. He shows his emotions by showing that he sees what is going on and what kind of change has occurred.
Shelley expresses the expression questioning by putting true life within his work. Meaning the trees and the snow made all so alive. For example he says, " The frozen wind crept on above,
The freezing stream below." Then he shows the adaptation to change by showing he understands why its a widow bird state mourning for her love? He sees and knows that every things going to be exactly what its suppose to be. So overall I think this author was a good author of the Romantic Period.
John Keats
He wrote a poem called " Bright Star! Would I were stead fest as thou art." This poem is talking about the Nature of life and how everyone just lives, but not for that one supposedly star. Keats shows innocence in the poem by showing that he has growth and explored his works, before he put it on paper. For example he says, " Like Nature’s patient sleepless Eremite, The moving waters at their priestlike task ." This is saying that he has grown to enjoy and be respectful with nature all at once.
When it comes to questioning the authority an the tradition, Keats seems to put his own feelings in to works. For example he says, " Pillow’d upon my fair love’s ripening breast, To feel for ever its soft fall and swell." This means he's able to see that his own life undergoes some of the same things. Then he portrays the awareness of change by saying that he's awake forever and he want miss anything that come his way. Then he says, "Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath," here he's saying that everything seems the same, Keats was aware of his writing throughout and did not show any remorse within the poem, and he does kind of show a Romantic Period poet.
1. The Romantic Period started with the French Revolution in 1789. The French Revolution was a major political and social change in the political history of Europe and France. This Revolution started with the storming of the prison called Bastille on July 14,1789. The Revolution also led to the overthrow of a king, by a democratic agitator. So this was the period in which everyone wanted to revolt from their kings and live life better, the way they wanted to, but this led to the beheading of them by king Louis XVI with a guillotine.
* Another historical event that occurred during this period was the Industrial Revolution. This period brought change to the English life, for instance people use to make everything by hand, during that time, they looked for machines in factories to do it for them. Now that seems the easy route to go, but some people felt differently about this new way of life. those people were small farmers and those that were kind of the smallest class. Small farmers were being forced to give their lands up, meaning some had no whee else to go, so they were left to homeless, while others just joined the factory jobs. Then there was a policy that was passed known as the Laissez Faire. This stated that economic laws should be allowed to operate freely without government interference. This means they were able to do anything they wanted without the government getting involve.
2. In my opinion I think people were probably happy and at the same time sad about their new ways of life. During the French Revolution many people wanted to revolt from their king, but many thought monarchy rule was okay. I'd have to say that actually having a good leader to represent you would fit the profile of a society that wants to increase. Then in the Industrial Revolution the small class people were treated like snobs while others considered the best. I thought that was wrong, and now I see that judging people will never end even if you hope it will.
Also with the Industrial Revolution many people were able to try new things and live their life easier. I wonder why they didn't want that kind of change, but then again the small farmers needed their land and stock just to make a living.
3. Many poets wanted to express their fascination with youth and innocence, they wanted to express their idealistic views ,and some wanted to develop the awareness of adapting to change. Those are the three things that poets wanted to express in their work.
Fascinated with youth and innocence-This means their showing growth, by exploring and learning to trust their emotions and our sense of will and identity.They also want the readers to feel in tune with them also, by setting a tone. Many poets express this by changing up the many rhyme schemes in their poems.
Questioning authority and tradition for idealistic purposes-People begin to question tradition and authority in order to imagine better. This refers to happiness, equal, and healthier ways to live. Also people tend to embrace their works and put life in their works by engaging their situation with their personal situations out of life, hoping to feel better about their problems.
Developing an awareness of adapting to change-People acquired a stronger and even stronger awareness of change and that they try to find ways to adapt to it. The poets can feel and see what they've improved on and it just makes them want to find better ways to live with it. Then there are some that tend to never find themselves, and those are the ones that need inspiration from other poets amongst them.
STEP TWO: ROMANTIC POETRY:
William Blake
He wrote ,a poem that was called " The Clod and The Pebble." This poem is talking about the many desires and the many choices of love. William Blake shows his capacity for love by letting every one of his readers know that love is blind. He shows the youth of innocence in this poem by saying, " Love seekth out only to please." I thought this was something that showed how and what love can do to make its point understanding.
Also in this poem William is expressing the idealistic view of poetry in his poem. For example he says, "Nor for itself hath any care; But for another gives its ease." This means he's keeping the readers in suspense, he wants them to think about what his next line is going to mean. Also he kind of figures that people know where he's coming from and that his words tend delight everyone in many ways. William Blake is a good writer who expresses the view of the Romantic period very well and he's a person who feels relief in his work. For example in this poem he states its delighted to be bind of another.
William Wordsworth
This poet wrote many poems that were very romantic, the one that stood out to me was, " My Heart Leaps Up." I thought this poem showed great gratitude for this period. The reason why I say this is because in the beginning of the poem he talks about his life and he compares it to a rainbow, he says " A rainbow in the sky:So was it when my life began." This is showing that William Wordsworth is expressing his poem through his emotions. William shows that his life and manhood is apart of everything that he does and he's not afraid to let anyone know it.
This leads me up to say that he has no need to question his works, because he knows and is aware of his capabilities. For example in the poem he say, " So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old." Basically William is adapting to his life and the fact that he'll always live it to the fullest without doubt but with awareness. he fits the Romantic period because he is in tune with his work and doesn't care if anyone knows. He knows that one day it'll happen and when it does, it want matter because he already did what he had to do.
George Gordon, Lord Byron
He wrote a poem called " To Romance, I thought this poem for sure would show his point of view on romance and whether or not he use the same expressions as most poets about the romance. In this poem Gordon is not fascinated with his youth anymore. For instance in the poem he says, "I break the fetters of my youth," This is speaking for itself, Gordon no longer wants to trust his work anymore or his life and even the people within his life. Then again he confesses that its hard to quit something that's been apart of you for a while. For example he says, "And yet 'tis hard to quit the dreams, Which haunt the inauspicious soul."
Gordon also undergoes the expression of developing an awareness for adapting to change. He does seem like he is aware of everything that has happened and wants a change to occur one way or the other. For example he says, " With shame, I own, I've felt thy sway; Repentant, now thy reign is o'er; No more thy precepts I obey,No more on fancied pinions soar." This means he is aware of the change and knew it was bound to come eventually. When comes to questioning the authorities and the idealistic purposes, Gordon tends to do this by saying what friends and women can do that will make you wonder why and how life could be this way then? For example in the poem he says, " Confess that woman's false as fair,and friends have feeling for---themselves?" He also says, " And must we own thee, but a name, And from thy hall of clouds descend? This shows that he question why people only thinks of themselves and why women are all false/ fake. So yeah I'll say this poet shows the views of romantic poetry, but in a hateful way.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
He wrote a poem called "A widow bird sate mourning for her Love." This poem talks about a person looking from their window and seeing the trees, stream, forest and everything frozen. Shelley expresses this poem very well by showing his youth of innocence in it. For example int he poem he says," There was no leaf upon the forest bare. No flower upon the ground." There he shows that he is exploring the outside and has seen what the forest has bee through. He shows his emotions by showing that he sees what is going on and what kind of change has occurred.
Shelley expresses the expression questioning by putting true life within his work. Meaning the trees and the snow made all so alive. For example he says, " The frozen wind crept on above,
The freezing stream below." Then he shows the adaptation to change by showing he understands why its a widow bird state mourning for her love? He sees and knows that every things going to be exactly what its suppose to be. So overall I think this author was a good author of the Romantic Period.
John Keats
He wrote a poem called " Bright Star! Would I were stead fest as thou art." This poem is talking about the Nature of life and how everyone just lives, but not for that one supposedly star. Keats shows innocence in the poem by showing that he has growth and explored his works, before he put it on paper. For example he says, " Like Nature’s patient sleepless Eremite, The moving waters at their priestlike task ." This is saying that he has grown to enjoy and be respectful with nature all at once.
When it comes to questioning the authority an the tradition, Keats seems to put his own feelings in to works. For example he says, " Pillow’d upon my fair love’s ripening breast, To feel for ever its soft fall and swell." This means he's able to see that his own life undergoes some of the same things. Then he portrays the awareness of change by saying that he's awake forever and he want miss anything that come his way. Then he says, "Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath," here he's saying that everything seems the same, Keats was aware of his writing throughout and did not show any remorse within the poem, and he does kind of show a Romantic Period poet.
Monday, April 16, 2007
Restoration
1. Research The Glorious Revolution (sometimes called the Bloodless Revolution) online or in one of the textbooks. Write a paragraph summarizing what happened, and then another that explains why you think the event was so important.
The Glorious Revolution was also known as the Bloodless Revolution. The Glorious revolution begined in 1688, whereas king James II was the king. He fled from France and left his kingdom to suffer. King James II was exiled and captured by his daughter Marry and by his son-in-law William of Orange. They became the King and Queen of England, but also known as the monarchs of England. this meant they were rulers and had established a well found government in their eyes. Marry and William enacted the English Bill of Rights and this gave everyone a understanding of whats right to do and whats not right to do.
* The reason why I think that this event is so important is because its a big transformation from the Renaissance. Meaning now you see people going into a different stage of relying on one person as their ruler, king and queen ruler. Also how evil and crooked the kings were back then, King James II. I thought this period was one of the best because it established control and disclpline towards people. That's why I think that it was important an d also the fact that people raged against this idea, showed how everyone was almost equal, because everyone got used and punished the same way.
2.Define "satire". Don't just copy and paste a definition from another source. Read the definition, and then explain it in your own words. Once you have done that, provide a few modern-day examples of satire (television shows, movies, magazines, etc.).
Satire is the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. Which means you humiliate or make someone feel stupid because of what you said and how you said it.
Examples: Like on TV you may talk about another product and called it all types of names and actually make them loose customers. So basically if you talk bad about it. Also advertisement do it when it come to Tobacco, they say smoking is bad and how it'll make you look five years from now. Others:" Even though the first two Star Wars prequels sucked, you should see the third one, because it's much better. "
" The reason I don't throw out back issues of the New Yorker is that I might read the short stories some day. "
3.Read "A Modest Proposal", which may be difficult at first, but if you stick with it, the message will become more clear. Once you are finished reading, you should write a short response to what you read (4-5 sentences), and explain how this is a work of satire.
This work of Satire was true in many ways. There are many kids out there in the streets who grow up into a life of poverty just because their parents introduced it to them first. Then there are some kids grown up in a healthy environment whose lives can turn out either poor or okay. The satire is said in my opinion as "some kids are poor, while the others maybe poor or may not be. Who knows what the outcome is?" The satire in this proposal focuses on the differences and alike's of kids in poverty and those who aren't.
4. Read either "from the Diary of Samuel Pepys" or "from A Journal of the Plague Year" by Daniel Defoe, both of which can be found in the purple anthology. Once you have finished reading, write a 1-2 paragraph response to what you have read. Please be sure to include some direct evidence from the text to help show what you are responding to.
The story that I read was A Journal of the Plague Year. This story talks about the many deaths and changes of the St. Jiles community. It says that many people were infected with the plague. the first outbreak for them was the killing of two men in December 1664. Then the second one died in February. This outbreak spread killing many people in that area.
In my opinion, I thought that must was very hard on the people in that town for them to loose a whole community that they all build up from scratch. This incident of the plague was very serious and I see why people were scared to even show or tell people they were infected. For example in the story it said, " There was some of them who want to leave and jut never show the truth of them being infected." So most of all the people tried to leave before it spread and got them, but for some it was to late. For example in all over 2,000 people had died from the plague within that year. I mean to me it just seemed like everyday someone just died. The plague really caused many problems for these people back then, I'm glad that now we're aware of most things and can treat most things before they spread. I feel bad for all those peoples that were lost and who suffered the illness of the PLAGUE.
5.What do you think was most important to people living in this time? Write a 1-2 paragraph response to this question in which you use direct evidence from the texts you read to support whatever arguments you make.
In my opinion I think identity was the most important to people back then. The reason why I say that is because during the Glorious Revolution, the kings and queens wanted their people to be guided and noble to them. This shows that their opinion and reputation was at state if people did not abide by their rules. Also people were always judging one another and worried about taking risks even if it was their last. For example in the satire story many kids grew up with nothing while some grew up with anything that they wanted. Those were the ones that were spoiled and the ones who looked down at people based on their background. So that story was trying to tell people that they should be thankful for whatever they have.
The Glorious Revolution was also known as the Bloodless Revolution. The Glorious revolution begined in 1688, whereas king James II was the king. He fled from France and left his kingdom to suffer. King James II was exiled and captured by his daughter Marry and by his son-in-law William of Orange. They became the King and Queen of England, but also known as the monarchs of England. this meant they were rulers and had established a well found government in their eyes. Marry and William enacted the English Bill of Rights and this gave everyone a understanding of whats right to do and whats not right to do.
* The reason why I think that this event is so important is because its a big transformation from the Renaissance. Meaning now you see people going into a different stage of relying on one person as their ruler, king and queen ruler. Also how evil and crooked the kings were back then, King James II. I thought this period was one of the best because it established control and disclpline towards people. That's why I think that it was important an d also the fact that people raged against this idea, showed how everyone was almost equal, because everyone got used and punished the same way.
2.Define "satire". Don't just copy and paste a definition from another source. Read the definition, and then explain it in your own words. Once you have done that, provide a few modern-day examples of satire (television shows, movies, magazines, etc.).
Satire is the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. Which means you humiliate or make someone feel stupid because of what you said and how you said it.
Examples: Like on TV you may talk about another product and called it all types of names and actually make them loose customers. So basically if you talk bad about it. Also advertisement do it when it come to Tobacco, they say smoking is bad and how it'll make you look five years from now. Others:" Even though the first two Star Wars prequels sucked, you should see the third one, because it's much better. "
" The reason I don't throw out back issues of the New Yorker is that I might read the short stories some day. "
3.Read "A Modest Proposal", which may be difficult at first, but if you stick with it, the message will become more clear. Once you are finished reading, you should write a short response to what you read (4-5 sentences), and explain how this is a work of satire.
This work of Satire was true in many ways. There are many kids out there in the streets who grow up into a life of poverty just because their parents introduced it to them first. Then there are some kids grown up in a healthy environment whose lives can turn out either poor or okay. The satire is said in my opinion as "some kids are poor, while the others maybe poor or may not be. Who knows what the outcome is?" The satire in this proposal focuses on the differences and alike's of kids in poverty and those who aren't.
4. Read either "from the Diary of Samuel Pepys" or "from A Journal of the Plague Year" by Daniel Defoe, both of which can be found in the purple anthology. Once you have finished reading, write a 1-2 paragraph response to what you have read. Please be sure to include some direct evidence from the text to help show what you are responding to.
The story that I read was A Journal of the Plague Year. This story talks about the many deaths and changes of the St. Jiles community. It says that many people were infected with the plague. the first outbreak for them was the killing of two men in December 1664. Then the second one died in February. This outbreak spread killing many people in that area.
In my opinion, I thought that must was very hard on the people in that town for them to loose a whole community that they all build up from scratch. This incident of the plague was very serious and I see why people were scared to even show or tell people they were infected. For example in the story it said, " There was some of them who want to leave and jut never show the truth of them being infected." So most of all the people tried to leave before it spread and got them, but for some it was to late. For example in all over 2,000 people had died from the plague within that year. I mean to me it just seemed like everyday someone just died. The plague really caused many problems for these people back then, I'm glad that now we're aware of most things and can treat most things before they spread. I feel bad for all those peoples that were lost and who suffered the illness of the PLAGUE.
5.What do you think was most important to people living in this time? Write a 1-2 paragraph response to this question in which you use direct evidence from the texts you read to support whatever arguments you make.
In my opinion I think identity was the most important to people back then. The reason why I say that is because during the Glorious Revolution, the kings and queens wanted their people to be guided and noble to them. This shows that their opinion and reputation was at state if people did not abide by their rules. Also people were always judging one another and worried about taking risks even if it was their last. For example in the satire story many kids grew up with nothing while some grew up with anything that they wanted. Those were the ones that were spoiled and the ones who looked down at people based on their background. So that story was trying to tell people that they should be thankful for whatever they have.
Monday, April 9, 2007
The Renaissance -- Sonnets
1. Examine the difference between the rhyme scheme Spencer uses and the one Shakespeare uses. Explain the difference. Which one do you prefer? (If you are unable to give a good answer to this question, it is time to come talk to me.)
In the two poems each of the poets have different rhyme schemes. For example Shakespeare has an, ABAB CDCD EFEF GG, rhyme scheme. Then Spencer has an, ABAB BCBC CDCD EE, rhyme scheme. In my perspective it looks as if Shakespeare has more words to say to express his poem, while Spencer just kind of uses the basics and sticks to a more constant sound. I prefer the poem that Spencer wrote, because you won't have to to worry about changing the sound of the poem that much. While Shakespeare you'll have to do the opposite. Plus Spencer's poem seems more easier to understand in my point of view.
2. The rhyme scheme divides sonnets into four sections. The first section is a question asked from one point of view, the second is the same question asked from another point of view. The third section is called the turn. The turn is a shift in focus or the thoughts of the first two points of view. The last section is the conclusion. Use this method to explain the message in each of the four sections of the two poems above.
In Shakespeare the question that's being asked is "Shall I compare thee to a summers day?" That's the first question that he ask, and he's looking at it in his perspective. the second section explains the same question, he's asking "By chance, or nature changing course untrimmed." here he's thinking that nature has made a mistake or is kind of backwards, basically trying to say that it looks, feels, and shines like a summer day.in the third section his turn, happens to be that he don't want the Summer impression to go away, he wants everything to stay the same and not loose ends. The fourth section talks about how he's finally made a conclusion that as long as you breathe and can see the nature changing, then eventually you'll live long enough.
In Spencer's poem, the question that's being asked is "How comes it then that this her cold so great Is not dissolved through my so hot desire,but harder grows the more I her entreat?"
here Spencer is asking why does the person that he loves, doesn't like him, and that each day he sees her, he falls more and more in love. In the second section he's asking the same thing, "Or how comes it that my exceeding heat Is not delayed by her heart frozen cold,But that I burn much more in boiling sweat, And feel my flames augmented manifold?He's saying why does she not react the same way he does when he sees her? The third section is taking a turn and is comparing ice to fire, he's saying that she should melt or want him like ice melting from the fire, him being the ice and her at his every command. Then finally the fourth section he concludes that it'll happen one day, but who knows when she'll come around and any day it can happen.
3. Choose one more of Shakespeare's sonnets as well as another one of Spencer's sonnets. You can find these all over the Internet. Post each poem on your blog then: a. Label the rhyme scheme like my examples; b. explain the message in each of the four sections like you did in question #2.
Shakespeare:
How careful was I, when I took my way, A
Each trifle under truest bars to thrust, B
That to my use it might unused stay A
From hands of falsehood, in sure wards of trust! B
But thou, to whom my jewels trifles are, C
Most worthy of comfort, now my greatest grief, D
Thou, best of dearest and mine only care, C
Art left the prey of every vulgar thief. D
Thee have I not lock'd up in any chest, E
Save where thou art not, though I feel thou art, F
Within the gentle closure of my breast, E
From whence at pleasure thou mayst come and part; F
And even thence thou wilt be stol'n, I fear, G
For truth proves thievish for a prize so dear. G
In the two poems each of the poets have different rhyme schemes. For example Shakespeare has an, ABAB CDCD EFEF GG, rhyme scheme. Then Spencer has an, ABAB BCBC CDCD EE, rhyme scheme. In my perspective it looks as if Shakespeare has more words to say to express his poem, while Spencer just kind of uses the basics and sticks to a more constant sound. I prefer the poem that Spencer wrote, because you won't have to to worry about changing the sound of the poem that much. While Shakespeare you'll have to do the opposite. Plus Spencer's poem seems more easier to understand in my point of view.
2. The rhyme scheme divides sonnets into four sections. The first section is a question asked from one point of view, the second is the same question asked from another point of view. The third section is called the turn. The turn is a shift in focus or the thoughts of the first two points of view. The last section is the conclusion. Use this method to explain the message in each of the four sections of the two poems above.
In Shakespeare the question that's being asked is "Shall I compare thee to a summers day?" That's the first question that he ask, and he's looking at it in his perspective. the second section explains the same question, he's asking "By chance, or nature changing course untrimmed." here he's thinking that nature has made a mistake or is kind of backwards, basically trying to say that it looks, feels, and shines like a summer day.in the third section his turn, happens to be that he don't want the Summer impression to go away, he wants everything to stay the same and not loose ends. The fourth section talks about how he's finally made a conclusion that as long as you breathe and can see the nature changing, then eventually you'll live long enough.
In Spencer's poem, the question that's being asked is "How comes it then that this her cold so great Is not dissolved through my so hot desire,but harder grows the more I her entreat?"
here Spencer is asking why does the person that he loves, doesn't like him, and that each day he sees her, he falls more and more in love. In the second section he's asking the same thing, "Or how comes it that my exceeding heat Is not delayed by her heart frozen cold,But that I burn much more in boiling sweat, And feel my flames augmented manifold?He's saying why does she not react the same way he does when he sees her? The third section is taking a turn and is comparing ice to fire, he's saying that she should melt or want him like ice melting from the fire, him being the ice and her at his every command. Then finally the fourth section he concludes that it'll happen one day, but who knows when she'll come around and any day it can happen.
3. Choose one more of Shakespeare's sonnets as well as another one of Spencer's sonnets. You can find these all over the Internet. Post each poem on your blog then: a. Label the rhyme scheme like my examples; b. explain the message in each of the four sections like you did in question #2.
Shakespeare:
How careful was I, when I took my way, A
Each trifle under truest bars to thrust, B
That to my use it might unused stay A
From hands of falsehood, in sure wards of trust! B
But thou, to whom my jewels trifles are, C
Most worthy of comfort, now my greatest grief, D
Thou, best of dearest and mine only care, C
Art left the prey of every vulgar thief. D
Thee have I not lock'd up in any chest, E
Save where thou art not, though I feel thou art, F
Within the gentle closure of my breast, E
From whence at pleasure thou mayst come and part; F
And even thence thou wilt be stol'n, I fear, G
For truth proves thievish for a prize so dear. G
- In the first section of the Sonnet the question is "How careful was I, when I took my way?" so basically he's asking and telling people how careful he was when he took his way. Then in the second section he's saying the same thing, but he's wondering where his jewels will go after his journey. Then in the third section his turning point is how he wants to keep his jewels locked up in any one's chest, meaning he don't care where they go now. Then the fourth section the conclusion he's saying that even if his jewels will be stolen, the truth will come out in the end eventually. He'd rather give them away instead for them to be tooken without consent.
Spencer:
One day I wrote her name upon the stand, A
But came the waves and washed it away: B
Then I wrote it with a second hand, A
But came the tyde, and made my paynes his pray. B
"Vayne man," sayd she, "that doest in vaine assay, B
A mortall thing so to immortalize, C
or I my selve shall lyke to this decay, B
And eek my name bee wiped out lykewize." C
"Not so," quod I, "let baser things devize C
To dy in dust, but you shall live in fame: D
y verses your virtues rare shall eternize, C
And in heavens wryte your glorious name. D
Where when as death shall all the world subdew, E
Our love shall live, and later life renew. E
- In the first section of this sonnet Spencer does not ask a question he's telling us what happened to the name he wrote in the sand, basically it just washed away. In the second section the girl wants her name to wiped away, so she does not show any remorse about it. In the third section the girl actually wants her name to be written, so she takes a turn and her name seems to be more appealing then she thought. Finally in the last section he concludes that their love is eternal and a name can be written over and over again, so its not wiped out, or loss.
Thursday, April 5, 2007
The Middle Ages
#1 The Middle Ages (Important Events)
The Crusades
The Crusades were a series of military conflicts of religious characters waged by Christians from 1095-1270. The Christians were against the Muslims, while Jerusalem and the Holy Land were its jackpot. The Europeans had lost the aspect of keeping Jerusalem, they benefited astronomic from contact with the higher civilization of the Middle East, known to many as the area from Libya E to Afghanistan. Mainly during this time kings and warriors sought out to gain the control of the lands in which Jesus had lived. The Crusades were finally driven out, but they left with the action of exposing the Europeans to goods, technology, and the customs of Asia, the crusades left a legacy of hate against the Europeans and Christians among Muslims.
The Death of Thomas A. Becket
Thomas Becket was born in 1118, in Normandy where he was the son of a merchant. Becket was killed on December 29, 1170 by a bunch of King’s Henry II knights. King Henry II was friends with Becket and made him the Archdeacon of Canterbury, who ever thought he’d be the one to have him demolished. King henry had hoped to gain control or upper hand in disputes with the church. King Henry did not know that Thomas would take the side of the pope, not once but even more. This made King Henry very angry, so he raged against Thomas by ordering four of his knights to murder Becket right in his own cathedral. The four knights killed Becket with their swords, splitting his skull and demolishing him forever.
The Magna Carta
This was the "Great Charter" that King John in 1215 had signed at Runnymede. King John was considered vicious and pragmatic, he was backed at the time by the pope, but the English barons forced him to sign the document. This signing of the document led to a defeat for central papal power. The English barons had no pity or interest for the rights of their people. Later on this document became a law in which it defined the constitutional law. People were given their rights to a fair hearing, trail by jury, and legislative taxation were established.
The Black Death
The Black Death was also called the bubonic plague, this struck England in 1348-1349, which delivered another blow to feudalism. This was very contagious, mainly because fleas from infected rats spread it. Not only was the Black Death called the bubonic plague, but it was also called the pneumonic and the septicemia. These different forms of plagues killed people in very different ways. With the pneumonic plague victims often died before they could reach another place. This plague infected the lungs and it takes 1-7 days to appear. Now the septicemia plague was never solved, it left people looking kind of purple and with high fevers. This plague left people dying the same day. The Black Death is exactly what its named, death and lack meaning when their eyes closed.
#2 The Canterbury Tales
Knight- he was a worthy man and well respected. He loved his line of duty and was fully respected.
"A KNYGHT ther was, and that a worthy man, that fro the tyme that he first bigan 45To riden out, he loved chivalrie… Full worthy was he in his lords were."
Son- a young knight in the place of another knight. He was a lover and a hansome young man.
"With hym was his sone a young squier, a lovyere and a lusty bachelor"
Frere-this was a pleasure loving person who looked up to dignity.
"A wantowne and a merye, a lymytour, a full solempne man."
Marchant- this was a person who had forked berard, who was in pattied colored cloth.
"Was ther with a forked berd, in mottelee, and high on the horse he sat."
A clerk- he was from oxford, looked seriously and who also likes to read
" A Clerk there was of Oxford also…but looked howl and thereto soberly."
A Sergeant of the Lawe- a lawyer who belonged to the highest order in his profession. He was of great respect, also known of excellence.
"that often had been at the Parvys, ther was also ful of riche excellence. Discreet was and of great reverence."
Bathe- was a wife of the sergeant, who was partly death. You would never have known that she was. Meaning she kept herself up, but she was also gap-toothed.
"But she was somdel deef, and that was scathe. Of cloth-making she hadde swich an haunt, she passes hem of Ypres and of Gaunt… hir covercheifs ful fine weren of ground."
Frnkeleyn- small beard, looked red, was also a sheriff, auditor at once.
"Whit was his berd as is a dayesye of his complexioun he was sangwyn."
Cook- he could broil chicken and make spices, he could also roast, fry, and bake pies.
" He koude he knowe a draughte of London… he koude rooste, sethe, broille, and fry"
Shipman-he rode in carthorese, was a good person. Had navigational skills and also had the upper and on the ship. He was considered bold and strong.
"He rood upon a rouncy, as he kouthe …. If that he faught he had the hyer hond, his lodemenage, there was noon swich from Hulle to Cartage."
Doctor of Phisik- a doctor of medicine, he loves his job very much because he likes to talk about it and help people, plus he’s very patient.
"In al his world ne was ther noon hym lik, To speke of phisik and of surgerye.. he knew the cause of everich maladye."
Plowman- this was his brother, who did labour work very well, he was also very peaceful.
"A trewe swynkere and a good he was, Lyvyage in pees and parfit charitee."
Reve-is the manager of an estate or farm
Millers-is a miller, he was short fellow. He was also very strong and full of muscles he could also wrestle.
"The Miller was a stout carl for the nones; Ful bug he was of brawn and eek of bones."
Somnour-is a server of summonses for ecclesiastical court
"The somnour was ther with us in that place, that hadde a fyr-reed cherubynnes face, For saucefleem he was, with eyen narwe.
Pardoner-a seller of indulgence, he is good at what he does and he has a friend, he sings at the top his lungs and looks for guidance.
"With hym ther rood a gentil PARDONER, Of Rouncivale, his freend and his compeer, That streight was comen fro the court of Rome. Ful loude he soong "Com hider, love, to me!"
Maunciple-a business agent, he worked with many people and who don’t stop until he gets what he want.
"Was ther of temple, of which achatours myghte take exemple for to be wise in byynge of vitaille;
#3 The Wife of Bath's
I really liked this tale because it was very strange. Especially when the queen asked the knight what do women desire the most? The queen also told him if he did not know to leave and come back in a twelvemonth and day. I thought that was a stupid way to send someone to find an answer, that everyone has different answers to. For example in the story some people said they desire wealth, treasure, jollity, pleasure, fun in the bed, to be spoiled and freedom.
In my opinion I’d have to agree with Bathe which was freedom. She said that women want to be equal like men, I wonder why men back then thought it was their woman duty to do as they say. Women want to be able to do the same things that men can do without being harassed about it. For instance in the story a king told his wife to keep a secret, and the wife did until she got tired of holding it in for too long. She did that on her own, she freed the secret and it made her feel better.
Also in the story that didn’t would happen was how the knight got the answer from Bathe. She told him that women want the same power over her husband as over her lover. That’s something that all women want and I’d say its different now, but I know it was hard for them back then to get exactly what they want. This story was amazing to read and I loved when Bathe became the knight’s wife. She got exactly what she wanted while the knight’s life was saved. Who would’ve thought it’ll end like that.
#4 Middle Ages
This story relates to the Middle Ages in so many different ways. For example in the story, people are so faithful to their king. Back then the women were and they did anything for their lover and their king like the story of Midas, his wife knew he had ass’s ears, so he told her to keep a secret. That’s what she did until one day she finally said to the plant, "My husband has a pair of ass’s ears!"(PG.143 Lit.Bk) Another example in the story to bow this story relates to the Middle Ages was when a king took the virginity of a woman, basically he raped her. That’s kind of like something of the crusades, hurting people and doing things they didn’t want. Also another example was how Bathe made the knight become her husband, she made him do that, by force and it was something they did in the Middle Ages. She told him "Take me for your wife." That’s something he had to do or die anyway.
The Crusades
The Crusades were a series of military conflicts of religious characters waged by Christians from 1095-1270. The Christians were against the Muslims, while Jerusalem and the Holy Land were its jackpot. The Europeans had lost the aspect of keeping Jerusalem, they benefited astronomic from contact with the higher civilization of the Middle East, known to many as the area from Libya E to Afghanistan. Mainly during this time kings and warriors sought out to gain the control of the lands in which Jesus had lived. The Crusades were finally driven out, but they left with the action of exposing the Europeans to goods, technology, and the customs of Asia, the crusades left a legacy of hate against the Europeans and Christians among Muslims.
The Death of Thomas A. Becket
Thomas Becket was born in 1118, in Normandy where he was the son of a merchant. Becket was killed on December 29, 1170 by a bunch of King’s Henry II knights. King Henry II was friends with Becket and made him the Archdeacon of Canterbury, who ever thought he’d be the one to have him demolished. King henry had hoped to gain control or upper hand in disputes with the church. King Henry did not know that Thomas would take the side of the pope, not once but even more. This made King Henry very angry, so he raged against Thomas by ordering four of his knights to murder Becket right in his own cathedral. The four knights killed Becket with their swords, splitting his skull and demolishing him forever.
The Magna Carta
This was the "Great Charter" that King John in 1215 had signed at Runnymede. King John was considered vicious and pragmatic, he was backed at the time by the pope, but the English barons forced him to sign the document. This signing of the document led to a defeat for central papal power. The English barons had no pity or interest for the rights of their people. Later on this document became a law in which it defined the constitutional law. People were given their rights to a fair hearing, trail by jury, and legislative taxation were established.
The Black Death
The Black Death was also called the bubonic plague, this struck England in 1348-1349, which delivered another blow to feudalism. This was very contagious, mainly because fleas from infected rats spread it. Not only was the Black Death called the bubonic plague, but it was also called the pneumonic and the septicemia. These different forms of plagues killed people in very different ways. With the pneumonic plague victims often died before they could reach another place. This plague infected the lungs and it takes 1-7 days to appear. Now the septicemia plague was never solved, it left people looking kind of purple and with high fevers. This plague left people dying the same day. The Black Death is exactly what its named, death and lack meaning when their eyes closed.
#2 The Canterbury Tales
Knight- he was a worthy man and well respected. He loved his line of duty and was fully respected.
"A KNYGHT ther was, and that a worthy man, that fro the tyme that he first bigan 45To riden out, he loved chivalrie… Full worthy was he in his lords were."
Son- a young knight in the place of another knight. He was a lover and a hansome young man.
"With hym was his sone a young squier, a lovyere and a lusty bachelor"
Frere-this was a pleasure loving person who looked up to dignity.
"A wantowne and a merye, a lymytour, a full solempne man."
Marchant- this was a person who had forked berard, who was in pattied colored cloth.
"Was ther with a forked berd, in mottelee, and high on the horse he sat."
A clerk- he was from oxford, looked seriously and who also likes to read
" A Clerk there was of Oxford also…but looked howl and thereto soberly."
A Sergeant of the Lawe- a lawyer who belonged to the highest order in his profession. He was of great respect, also known of excellence.
"that often had been at the Parvys, ther was also ful of riche excellence. Discreet was and of great reverence."
Bathe- was a wife of the sergeant, who was partly death. You would never have known that she was. Meaning she kept herself up, but she was also gap-toothed.
"But she was somdel deef, and that was scathe. Of cloth-making she hadde swich an haunt, she passes hem of Ypres and of Gaunt… hir covercheifs ful fine weren of ground."
Frnkeleyn- small beard, looked red, was also a sheriff, auditor at once.
"Whit was his berd as is a dayesye of his complexioun he was sangwyn."
Cook- he could broil chicken and make spices, he could also roast, fry, and bake pies.
" He koude he knowe a draughte of London… he koude rooste, sethe, broille, and fry"
Shipman-he rode in carthorese, was a good person. Had navigational skills and also had the upper and on the ship. He was considered bold and strong.
"He rood upon a rouncy, as he kouthe …. If that he faught he had the hyer hond, his lodemenage, there was noon swich from Hulle to Cartage."
Doctor of Phisik- a doctor of medicine, he loves his job very much because he likes to talk about it and help people, plus he’s very patient.
"In al his world ne was ther noon hym lik, To speke of phisik and of surgerye.. he knew the cause of everich maladye."
Plowman- this was his brother, who did labour work very well, he was also very peaceful.
"A trewe swynkere and a good he was, Lyvyage in pees and parfit charitee."
Reve-is the manager of an estate or farm
Millers-is a miller, he was short fellow. He was also very strong and full of muscles he could also wrestle.
"The Miller was a stout carl for the nones; Ful bug he was of brawn and eek of bones."
Somnour-is a server of summonses for ecclesiastical court
"The somnour was ther with us in that place, that hadde a fyr-reed cherubynnes face, For saucefleem he was, with eyen narwe.
Pardoner-a seller of indulgence, he is good at what he does and he has a friend, he sings at the top his lungs and looks for guidance.
"With hym ther rood a gentil PARDONER, Of Rouncivale, his freend and his compeer, That streight was comen fro the court of Rome. Ful loude he soong "Com hider, love, to me!"
Maunciple-a business agent, he worked with many people and who don’t stop until he gets what he want.
"Was ther of temple, of which achatours myghte take exemple for to be wise in byynge of vitaille;
#3 The Wife of Bath's
I really liked this tale because it was very strange. Especially when the queen asked the knight what do women desire the most? The queen also told him if he did not know to leave and come back in a twelvemonth and day. I thought that was a stupid way to send someone to find an answer, that everyone has different answers to. For example in the story some people said they desire wealth, treasure, jollity, pleasure, fun in the bed, to be spoiled and freedom.
In my opinion I’d have to agree with Bathe which was freedom. She said that women want to be equal like men, I wonder why men back then thought it was their woman duty to do as they say. Women want to be able to do the same things that men can do without being harassed about it. For instance in the story a king told his wife to keep a secret, and the wife did until she got tired of holding it in for too long. She did that on her own, she freed the secret and it made her feel better.
Also in the story that didn’t would happen was how the knight got the answer from Bathe. She told him that women want the same power over her husband as over her lover. That’s something that all women want and I’d say its different now, but I know it was hard for them back then to get exactly what they want. This story was amazing to read and I loved when Bathe became the knight’s wife. She got exactly what she wanted while the knight’s life was saved. Who would’ve thought it’ll end like that.
#4 Middle Ages
This story relates to the Middle Ages in so many different ways. For example in the story, people are so faithful to their king. Back then the women were and they did anything for their lover and their king like the story of Midas, his wife knew he had ass’s ears, so he told her to keep a secret. That’s what she did until one day she finally said to the plant, "My husband has a pair of ass’s ears!"(PG.143 Lit.Bk) Another example in the story to bow this story relates to the Middle Ages was when a king took the virginity of a woman, basically he raped her. That’s kind of like something of the crusades, hurting people and doing things they didn’t want. Also another example was how Bathe made the knight become her husband, she made him do that, by force and it was something they did in the Middle Ages. She told him "Take me for your wife." That’s something he had to do or die anyway.
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