British+Literature+I+Wiki

**Studying for Final:** I have really used wiki as a great source fdor studying. I have also skimmed over alot of the reading again so they are fresh in my head. I am nervous as to how I am going to do, but hopefully I will do well! :) **Final Project:** I decided to write my paper on the issue of " Why do we judge a book by its cover?" using the Miller's Tale Prolougue as my peice that we have read in class. I really am excited to be writing this paper, because it gives me a chance to express my opnion on a very important issue using actual facts to prove how much this problem has been around and how many people it truly affects!

 **__The Alter__**  A broken ALTAR, Lord thy servant rears, Made of a heart, and cemented with teares: Whose parts are as thy hand did frame; No workmans tool hath touch'd the same A HEART alone Is such a stone, As nothing but Thy pow'r doth cut. Wherefore each part Of my hard heart Meets in this frame, To praise thy Name: That if I chance to hold my peace, These stones to praise thee may not cease. O let thy blessed SACRIFICE be mine, And sanctifie this ALTAR to be thine
 * George Herbert Poem: Group Effort **

**Analysis:** This poem that George Herbert has written and we analyzed seems to be very religious. The skinny verses in the middle represent a passage way to the altar, in each part represent something different. First four lines: This part is talking about the loss of hope and faith. When you are lost and feel that hope is lost, you should always go back to the church in oder to find yourself and God. The middle part of the poem that represents the altar-like feature was to express the fact that when you lose yourself and your faith, that you should always take that journey back up the altar to the church, where they will hlep you to beleive and find yourself. The third part is about how if you always hold faith and peace within your life, you will always have the church and the love of God to keep you safe and loved.

 **Rhyme scheme:** AABBCCDD and so on for the rhyme scheme.

**Mller's Tale Prologue Rap**- I thought that this rap was really cute, and I'm glad we got to hear it in class! :) I think that it is awesome that people are now using singing to display educational information to students, and giving them another way to have fun with learning. I give the man that rapped this alot fo credit with being able to come up with so many raps about some diverse topics. Personally I love singing, and I hope to use songs and singing as a part of my curriculum when I become a teacher one day in order to help my students to learn and have fun all at once! **John vs. Nick- Miller's Tale:** I found this story to be very comical. In the beginning John is seen as someone very high in power and knowledgable. It really surprises me how naive he really ends up being at the end of the story. I personally don't think anyone in their right mind would ever beleive a story that " there was a flood and that John had to stay in a seperate room where Nicholas and John's lover are in the other. Anyone these days would realize what Nicholas was trying to due, but by jeopardizing his life he forced John to become so scared and overwhelmed tat he didn't care about anything else, and got away with stealing his girl. It's amazing what fear can make people do! **Millers Tale- fablaiux/farse?** I beleive this tale is a fablaiux. This tale really has no specific point to get across other then a bunch of people telling their stories. Though I found it interesting to think about how much all of their stories have been changed over time. This tale is a fabliaux because it isn't really centered around any case of loyalty or respect, it is simply just a story of people who wish to tell there story. If it was based on something more than that such as government or conflict of any sort, then maybe we could consider it to be something different. Overall at the end of the story, the only "message" I really got would be that you cannot judge a book by it's cover, and the analysis that stories can be changed everytime there told due to people's elaborate add on to stories, and because the message is not so important, I don't think we can consider it anything else other than a fablaiux. **Courtly love:** Courtly love is deffinately alot different from what it is percieved to be today. The harshest punishment we have today for betrayal of a relationship is divorce, whereas back then it used to be much more severe. To be honest, I wish we still had some of these rules in order to retain some loyalty back when it comes to relationships. Although I don't believe that we necessarily have to have court trials over personal matters in a relationship as long as it has nothing to do with abuse or obsessive discrimination against one another. I feel that trails in a way just simply kept couples together because they did not want to get in trouble even if they didn't want to be together, although I also feel like these rules helped other couple to really be successful and in love because both the male and female knew how to correctly treat their spouse. I feel that the worls should sit back and really make some groundrules on how men and woman should correctly treat each other.  The reason why the wife is my favorite character throughout this tale is because of her strongness and her will to find the best for herself. We find out in this tale that she has had several husbands because her previous ones have not treated her the way that they should b treated. As a result, she is still in seek of love and attention, which is why she pursues any man that she can get attention from. She is a woman that knows what she wants and strives to get what makes her more happy than anything else; attention. When I first started reading about her, I beleived that she was kind of trashy to be honest. It wasn't very clear whether or not the reason she had so many husbands was because she was indecisive or being decietful, but as I continued to read, I realized how they were treating her. She is a strong woman that gets what she wants, and knows what she deserves, and I beleive that is how every woman should be, even though not every woman should have so many husbands :)  The end of Beowulf was something that I found was very surprising. Throughout the entire novel, Beowulf was someone that was very heroic and fought for the common good of his people because he was such a good warrior and a good man. Towards the end of the novel, you could tell that the mood was slowly becoming more and more dark and gruesome. Personally as I was reading the story, I truely felt the story was going to end as Beowulf being the hero and all the bad guys would be gone. As i continued reading, I realized that this story had a more complex ending then I could ever imagine. Beowulf became king when the prior King passed away because of his great warriorship and loylaty to his people. Though when Beowulf became king, he still was a warrior at heart, which was not necessarily good for his kingdom. Rather then using his own men to fight the dragon, he stood up to the plate to battle the dragon thinking that he was being heroic and a great king to his people. In reality, he put his whole society in jeopardy because he had no heir, and no queen in the thrown. Beowulf was being selfish in a way because he put his urge to defeat the dragon and seem like a hero in front of being a king, jeopardizing all of the people.Beowulf ended up being defeated and killed by the dragon, and left his people with no leadership. Although Beowulf was a hero and a great warrior, he should of used his own men as a resourced of defense rather than himself, because in the end, he proved himself to not be a heroic and loyal as we always thought he was. **Introduction:** Hi there, my name is Samantha Cyr and I am currently a sophomore at Fitchburg State University. I am currently studying to be a special education major. I also have a minor in English which is why I chose to take this course. I find analyzing literature very interesting, and I feel that this course will be good for me to increase my vocabulary as well as to become a better reader. After seeing the Gareth Hinds presentation, he really has inspired me to followmy heart and do what makes me happy depsite what anyone else says. He desribed his life as starting from being a nerdy kid in school and then overtime using his brilliance to get where he is today, and that is a true inspiration. Gareth Hinds gives me hope that I can, no matter where I start at, fufill me dreams and then some! He has very talented art work in Beowulf that really stands out to me, and the writing aspect was so unique and detailed and I actually enjoyed reading it, even though I am not very fond of reading.
 * Trends of Evolution between Medieval Period and Modern Period: **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;"> Both time periods correlate time in history which make the writing significant. Many wars were included within the writings as well as significant leaders that will affect our history forever. We will be reading about these events forever, and both time periods helped to set this base for us.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">Medieval Period is when most of the writers and artists came about. This is where a huge chunk of literature and history was established, and helped to form a base of knowledge for the Modern Period which helped them to become good writers and artists because of what we've learn from this time period.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">Literature in the Modern Period has changed dramatically from what is used to be in the Medieval Period. Medieval Period literature has always been really hard to read. Even though modern Period literautre isn't very easy to read, it is alot more clear and simple for us to read.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">Analysis on favorite character in Miller's Tale: Wife **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">End of Beowulf: **