Middle English

Chaucer’s Genius Many great writers lived during the Middle Ages, but one stands out as the greatest English writers of the time period. Geoffrey Chaucer is one of the greatest English writers of the Middle Ages, and evidence is clearly seen in the General Prologue, “The Wife of Bath’s Tale,” and “The Pardoner’s Tale” in The Canterbury Tales. English was the vernacular language of 14th century England, and Chaucer had a wider influence by writing in a language that was more commonly understood…

1. What were some of the factors that caused the Bubonic Plague to spread so widely in the Late Middle Ages? What was the impact of the plague on Europe (either social, economic or political impact)? Some of the factors that caused the Bubonic Plague to spread so widely in the Late Middle Ages were the rats that were carried in the ships during trades. The Europeans did trading in Central Asia, and during this period the rats which carried the disease would get on the ships and once these…

time in his life. He is going to Stone Mountain Middle School. In the school he would encounter many new things, constantly meeting new people, going to classes, and finding out his classes. He would have an awesome experience with the school and how he get along with everyone. He would also improve his English, reading, writing and speaking. It is Hsi Hsi’s first day of school, it is also his first middle school in the Unites States. Stone Mountain Middle School is where he goes to. As he walks…

point where I would be getting in trouble in class, because my eyes would be wandering around the room, trying to find something to occupy my mind. And that was just middle school. As I entered high school, some things may have changed, but my care for English, was still pretty low. Freshman year I don’t even remember if I passed English with a reasonable grade. But then something I’d call a miracle happened my sophomore year, and to this day, I do not take it for granted. My first assignment…

Introduction Lawrence Middle School, located in Lawrenceville New Jersey, educates 600, seventh and eighth grade, students a day. The school is run by principle Milavsky and assisted by vice principle Buczynski. The reason that principle Milavsky described as to why teaching middle school is important was, “middle schoolers are not tainted yet and therefore you can get to them.” Lawrence Middle School is a diverse community, pulling students from all areas around Princeton and Trenton. In…

one when she is around her mother. Her mother understands some English words, but not many. Tan and her mother’s first language is not English. It was very hard for Tan to become a writer. She received a lot of criticism about her writing. It was also hard for her to write in a language that she didn’t grow up with. In my summary response essay I am going to write about how I was not a good student during middle school. Being in middle school was a big struggle for me I didn’t understand many…

With these chitchats, Chinese, the hardest, most baffling, language, became the most beautiful and connectable language for me next to Persian. While still in middle school I felt responsible to help my Persian family, friends and teachers with the everyday language barriers they encountered. My expanded knowledge of Chinese language gave me the confidence to adventure in places, unknown to foreigners, study Chinese…

An air of gloominess surrounds the Middle Ages, from the weariness of everyday people’s lives, to the battles and wars fought by knights. ”There is something dark and wintry about the atmosphere of the later Middle Ages”-Lytton Strachey. This period, after the fall of the western Roman Empire and before the Renaissance, was when no progress was made in culture or education because of the lack of a central government. This crisis in the government caused people to focus their attention on…

What brought about the closure of the Middle Ages was the cultural belief that people were living in a time of self-conscious revival. Art, ideology, and moral values that were originally derived from Greek and Roman culture were being "reborn" and reexamined. Prior to the Renaissance, individuals sought religious piety, often placing it in the center of their lives. However, with the so-called events leading up to “rebirth”, such as the fall of Constantinople, the invention of the printing…

In the early middle ages, a network of mutual obligations was the glue of the society. Powerful local lords divided their landholding among lesser lords. These lesser lords, or vassals, pledged service and loyalty to the greater lord. This system was implemented due to the Vikings, Muslims and Magyars. The powerful lords were the most powerful and influential in society, they were also called dukes and counts. The powerful lords had vassals, vassals can become other people’s vassals. Peasants…