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Unit 2 Middle Ages–Choose ONE of the following questions to…

Unit 2 Middle Ages–Choose ONE of the following questions to answer as full as possible in an essay. It is expected for you to write about the literature that you have read in that unit; use examples as specifically as possibly from each piece of literature. DO NOT use outside research to answer these questions—your answers should be based on class notes and reading assignments. Please just use your own insights supported with examples from the assigned readings.1. Discuss the “3 estates” during the Middle Ages and the developing problems associated with each estate. 2. Discuss the changing social structure in England from the era of the Anglo Saxons to 1400 as illustrated in Beowulf, Sir Gawain, and the Canterbury Tales. Be specific by supporting your assessment of the characteristics of the various societies with details from the literature and the changing concept of the hero. 3. Compare the role of women or attitudes toward women in literature that we have studied: Beowulf, Sir Gawain, General Prologue, Wife of Bath’s Prologue, and Wife of Bath’s Tale. 4. What new sources of human happiness do you find in The Canterbury Tales? What are people doing to find happiness that they weren’t doing in the Old English period? 5. Discuss how Chaucer introduces the concept of psychological study as he matches “the tale to the teller” in The Canterbury Tales. Discuss the story of the knight in The Wife of Bath’s Tale and the personality of the Wife as an example.  

Unit 2 Middle Ages 1. Discuss the “3 estates” during the Mi…

Unit 2 Middle Ages 1. Discuss the “3 estates” during the Middle Ages and the developing problems associated with each estate. 2. Discuss the changing social structure in England from the era of the Anglo Saxons to 1400 as illustrated in Beowulf, Sir Gawain, and the Canterbury Tales. Be specific by supporting your assessment of the characteristics of the various societies with details from the literature and the changing concept of the hero. 3. Compare the role of women or attitudes toward women in literature that we have studied: Beowulf, Sir Gawain, General Prologue, Wife of Bath’s Prologue, and Wife of Bath’s Tale. 4. What new sources of human happiness do you find in The Canterbury Tales? What are people doing to find happiness that they weren’t doing in the Old English period? 5. Discuss how Chaucer introduces the concept of psychological study as he matches “the tale to the teller” in The Canterbury Tales. Discuss the story of the knight in The Wife of Bath’s Tale and the personality of the Wife as an example.