Finally Done
(An analysis of my three favorite texts from the semester)
The year is finally coming to a close and it’s time to take a small break from all of this monstrosity Mr. McGee calls homework. Over the past couple of months of learning in 303 I’ve grown fond of some of the titles we have worked with and been able to easily relate them to my life. The titles that I thoroughly enjoyed or related to include Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Macbeth by William Shakespeare and lastly, Beowulf which is translated by Seamus Heaney. Canterbury Tales is a multitude of stories that Chaucer tells about various people on a journey or pilgrimage to the famous Canterbury Cathedral. Macbeth is again one of Shakespeare’s tragedies that revolves …show more content…
Chaucer, is what we might call today as the king of satire. Horatian Satire, is the type that Chaucer uses which is more of a mocking or using humor to describe or get the author’s point across to the audience. This is authentic and very original in the tales. In The Pardoner’s Tale, Chaucer tells she story of a sly and dishonest Pardoner who does more wrong than right. He tells of his stories and how the people hand out their well earned money and he says on lines 20-21, “Out come the pence, and specially for myself, For my exclusive purpose is to win.” The pardoner takes the money used for the pardons and takes it for himself. He continues on lines 23-24, “Once dead what matter how their souls fare? They can go blackberrying, for all I care!” The pardoner does not care what happens to the people’s soul he just wants their money. These tales are real eye openers and give this hysterical view of the renaissance age. This is the first texts that stood out to me in this semester with the use of comedy and …show more content…
Macbeth, written by the infamous Shakespeare, tells the story of a passion for greed and the ultimate downfall of what once was a thriving kingdom. This story really stands out to me personally because the sheer amount of terrifying death that takes place in just a short matter of time. So0me of my favorite lines in the book include in Act 2, Scene 2 when Macbeth has just murdered King Duncan and announces to his Wife on lines 21-22, “There’s one did laugh in’s sleep, and one cried ‘Murder!’” Macbeth is talking about the drunken, sleeping guards and how as he was killing the kind they both cried out in terror even though they were not awake. The second line I favor is in Act 4, Scene 1 when Macbeth goes to visit the witches for his fortune and they explain to him on lines 71-72, “Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff! Beware the Thane of Fife. Dismiss me: enough’ This is after Macbeth has slain a numerous amount of people to keep the murder of Duncan under wraps and he at this time is sleep deprived, and obviously very paranoid. The story is filled with so much darkness and deception that is stands out to me because it takes a shocking turn on every page. This is the second of my three favorite texts that we learned about this
(An analysis of my three favorite texts from the semester)
The year is finally coming to a close and it’s time to take a small break from all of this monstrosity Mr. McGee calls homework. Over the past couple of months of learning in 303 I’ve grown fond of some of the titles we have worked with and been able to easily relate them to my life. The titles that I thoroughly enjoyed or related to include Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Macbeth by William Shakespeare and lastly, Beowulf which is translated by Seamus Heaney. Canterbury Tales is a multitude of stories that Chaucer tells about various people on a journey or pilgrimage to the famous Canterbury Cathedral. Macbeth is again one of Shakespeare’s tragedies that revolves …show more content…
Chaucer, is what we might call today as the king of satire. Horatian Satire, is the type that Chaucer uses which is more of a mocking or using humor to describe or get the author’s point across to the audience. This is authentic and very original in the tales. In The Pardoner’s Tale, Chaucer tells she story of a sly and dishonest Pardoner who does more wrong than right. He tells of his stories and how the people hand out their well earned money and he says on lines 20-21, “Out come the pence, and specially for myself, For my exclusive purpose is to win.” The pardoner takes the money used for the pardons and takes it for himself. He continues on lines 23-24, “Once dead what matter how their souls fare? They can go blackberrying, for all I care!” The pardoner does not care what happens to the people’s soul he just wants their money. These tales are real eye openers and give this hysterical view of the renaissance age. This is the first texts that stood out to me in this semester with the use of comedy and …show more content…
Macbeth, written by the infamous Shakespeare, tells the story of a passion for greed and the ultimate downfall of what once was a thriving kingdom. This story really stands out to me personally because the sheer amount of terrifying death that takes place in just a short matter of time. So0me of my favorite lines in the book include in Act 2, Scene 2 when Macbeth has just murdered King Duncan and announces to his Wife on lines 21-22, “There’s one did laugh in’s sleep, and one cried ‘Murder!’” Macbeth is talking about the drunken, sleeping guards and how as he was killing the kind they both cried out in terror even though they were not awake. The second line I favor is in Act 4, Scene 1 when Macbeth goes to visit the witches for his fortune and they explain to him on lines 71-72, “Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff! Beware the Thane of Fife. Dismiss me: enough’ This is after Macbeth has slain a numerous amount of people to keep the murder of Duncan under wraps and he at this time is sleep deprived, and obviously very paranoid. The story is filled with so much darkness and deception that is stands out to me because it takes a shocking turn on every page. This is the second of my three favorite texts that we learned about this