First in class we tried to convince Laz to give us a second shot at the quote game. He quickly refused and told us that if we have any questions about the Canterbury Tales test to ask them.
Some of what you will need to know is...
Relationships between pilgrims
General ideas of the time period (ex. corrupt church)
Rise of the middle class
Frame narratives
Fablio
***A helpful tip I thought of in class is to make a flash card for every tale, and write a sentence about the tale, so it will be easy to study for the test on Wednesday. ***
***Also go through the study questions and star the ones you do not know, and only study those questions...it will save you time.***
After a short study session we talked about Shakespeare's sonnets (No. 18, 29)
Shakespeare's 18th Sonnet:
The turn is in line 9. Turn word=But
The sonnet is about a comparison between the seasons and love. More specifically a summers day and a woman. Quatrain 1 and 2 make a comparison of the beauty of a person to summers day. Summer must end, he says that she is better because she will never end. (BUT SHE MUST DIE!!!)
If beautiful things don't last forever...she will NOT last forever (if she is beautiful). He contradicts himself.
*But the real meaning is that the woman that Shakespeare is describing will not ever die, becuase her beauty is written about on paper, and everytime someone reads it, it will restore her beauty.*
Shakespeare's 29th Sonnet:
We did not finish analyzing this sonnet.
We talked about how the man was not accepted in society, he doesn't think anyone, including God is listening.
He has a lack of faith.
Period ended.
John Leskow
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