I feel that fortune is personified here- like they are trying to blame a actual person. Again we see the “wheel of fortune” appear again.

We see both female and male lions protect others.

He’s holding her captive and she is pregnant.

Notice

A spirit of nature.

The First Book, entitled The Legend of the Knight of the Red Cross, or of Holiness, are introduced by the following invocation to Clio, Cupid, Venus, Mars, and Queen Elizabeth, and then commences the story.

Pun: a "geaunt" or giant is made of earth, "gaia" in Greek

Arthur and the Fairy Queen by Johann Heinrich Füssli, c. 1788

Blodness

without delay

Homer is the legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are the central works of ancient Greek literature.

Okay, after 8 hours of reading, I have finally finished this story. And man, was it equally awesome and confusing. Three days of work, and this is what I remember of the story. Girl and knight go on trip, camp out in hotel, have sex, keep walking, knight dies from snake lady, girl runs away, girl finds new knight, that knight kills a chimera and lets a with go, 5 horse guys and girl go to destroy witch, she gets killed, second knight is killed, third knight finds lady sad, he comforts her, knight enters dungeon, tries to kill dragon, fails, knight gets sick, girl takes knight to holy hospital, he heals, battles dragon, kills dragon in front of kingdom, he becomes the new ruler of the kingdom, girl and knight live happily ever after. I wish I could have remembered more, but this story is so gosh darn long. I made it pretty not enjoyable actually. I think this story tells the moral of persistence. To keep walking towards your objective and never give up. It made my mind wander to Disney, dungeons and dragons, and Minecraft. I really enjoyed the story overall, and wish I could of had more time to understand the story in more detail.

I hope somebody can answer this question.

This seems like to me the other story we read about a man going on the journey to death, and confronting his different parts along the way. Does anybody know the name of the story I am trying to think of?

I forget what they are called, but this character seems like one of those public speakers that use to spread news and ideas.

Many readings, including this one, have shown that the holy grail has miraculous healing powers as show in this paragraph.

a lady's horse

A very powerful description. That she screamed and cried so loud that the entire woods and forest could hear her,

To begin to launch a military operation. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/assailen

The ship is personified into a women.

He really hated this woman and sounds like a comparison to as much as he also hates snakes.

The choice of words throughout the text is interestingly difficult lol. Does anyone know what this would mean?

I learned through a google search that wights are defined as a creature or living sentient being. In its original usage the word wight described a living human being, but later came to be used within the fantasy genre of literature to describe certain undead.

A cross necklace was worn by him or perhaps engraved in his armor on his chest. Signifying he must be a christian I suppose.

Defined as making a small hole in (something) with a sharp point; pierce slightly.

Kings of Rome.

Proceeded to ask for what he wanted

I think it's interesting that they give a very descriptive story of Greek gods, then literally two stanzas later they mention the traditional Christian God.

=Poseidon

A three-headed dog who in Greek mythology guarded the entrance to the underworld.

I see this is spelled as "Vertuous" although is it possibly meaning Virtuous? Virtuous would be defined as "having or showing high moral standards" which fits into context in this line.

She's departing from Redcross again.

Every time he hears a sound from the lady, he then is always filled with a new strength (also seen in Canto 1). Almost like her voice reminds him of his love for her.

I love the sentences that Spencer creates, this is a much better way of saying they inflicted wounds to each others.

Spencer always makes a point to provide a lot of details before battles, this is also seen with the serpent in canto 1 and hos he describes her tail.

Horse armor, or a very long saddle. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/barde

Can never rest. What i'm noticing about this story is that the night is constantly on a adventure.

Again, the dreams seemed to predict the future.

To defend, prove, or settle. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/darrayne

A very powerful image.

We see the re-occurance of another snake. The first monster was a serpent like form. Did snakes represent evil or represented a bibical reference?

Flora= Flowers, like new flowers https://www.florahealth.com/us/

To prance or dance around. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prance

The seem to be trying to show off.

Is this a reference to a female lucifer?

Is this the next adventure?

The porter was always granted access to the palace- he must of had s very high reputation or done something to deserve this.

Lacking a good reason or cause; unmotivated. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED29192

True love doesn't focus on someones past or hold grudges on someone. True love is evolving and continuous.

He believes that he has brought shame to the code of knights.

She is a older woman , I always imagined her as very young.

The lions mood reflects the sad mood of the lady.

We don't really see love but just attraction based on physical beauty.

simile.

He is now consumed with guilt.

He "kissed the earth:, a beautiful way of saying he fell down on the ground.

Again we see the reference of animals.

He doesn't care about God, and he loses his religious aspect. He also doesn't care about men- he seems to have lost all of his beliefs that he held by knighthood.

Goddess of dawn. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tithonus

Does he think that he sees them together and being intimate, but really nothing has happened?

Also known as Apollo, the God of the Sun. The sun is coming up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_(disambiguation)

This reminds me of a lot of Greek stories, where dreams seem to predict the future or have a huge significance.

A princess

More Greek character references.

His first adventure was actually quite short.

We see the idea occur that knights have some kind of superhuman strength, that someone else may not have (or deserve).

Simile between the knight and a lion.

Is this foreshadowing that the mother and her children will die due to sunlight.

She's a mother- perhaps easily angered because of the safety of her children.

extreme suffering, usually mental suffering

abbreviation for videlicet, meaning "namely"

If someone importunes another person, they ask them for something or ask them to do something, in an annoying way.

extremely beautiful or pleasant

As a conceit can be defined as an elaborate metaphor, and Spenser claimed "dark conceit" to be a synonym of "continued allegory," he uses the term to define the nature of his book as an allegory.

an archaic spelling of portrait

to divide up into parts

an archaic word for example

generall... historicall... why is it always having one more l?

Man, this women is having a series of unfortunate events with both her knights being murdered.

This women's power to control creatures with her good looks has saved her multiple times.

Yay! the lion saves the day again.

Is this a longer period of time than it is? it seems that they are doing a montage of the girl trying to find something? This story is so long and confusing, I have lost all points in the story line by now.

Maybe the villain has the flaw that they can never accept anything. That "the highest she did still aspyre." The character can never be proud of anything they do.

To me, this shows a little bit of the character being too high of themselves. I can't think of the wording. Just them saying "And sitting high; for lowly she did hate;" seems like the character wouldn't be okay with sitting at a low level. They don't want to be at the level of the peasants.

Holy frick! it is Wizard of Oz!

Guilefull - insidiously cunning; artfully deceptive; wily.

The monster kind of reminds me of medusa.

Sir Walter Raleigh was an English landed gentleman, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy and explorer. He was cousin to Sir Richard Grenville and younger half-brother of Sir Humphrey Gilbert. He is also well known for popularizing tobacco in England. Raleigh was one of the most notable figures of the Elizabethan era.

The first challenge was to find the path, but they couldn't succeed.

Interesting word use: Compelled. I'm sure a lot of knights would have happily helped her.

This reminds me of Lanval- they also described his lover like a white lily.

I'm not sure if he's truly sad or if he's just missing his sense of purpose that could give him happiness?

Does the knight not use his armour because he's inexperienced or because he's so good in battle that he's doesn't need to be defensive.

Venus= the God of love and beauty.

The number 12 reoccurs a lot.

Well- Think it's somewhat worth praising that Arthur is seeking advice and listening to others.

Does this mean we will see Arthur face more struggles or make mistakes he might not make as a king.

He's writing this story how he desires, not for what he thinks the popular opinion will like best.

avoiding

so in the end redcrosse kills the dragon, saves Unas parents and the town comes out of hiding and they all celebrate and insist on Una and Redcrosse to be engaged and get married once he has fufilled his duties to the Faerie Queen

oregano and thyme

Basically just herbs

An Elizabethan town.

Wait, I'm confused. I thought she had con-sexual sex?

Man! that is just cruel! She sees the knight getting killed, and instead of standing up for herself, she says "Don't kill me! I'm just a dame!"

Palfrey - a saddle horse particularly suitable for a woman.

Hesperus - the Evening Star, the planet Venus in the evening. He is the son of the dawn goddess Eos (Roman Aurora) and is the half-brother of her other son, Phosphorus (also called Eosphorus; the "Morning Star").

There can't be British Literature without a little bit of sexual fun.

Hermitage - any secluded place of residence or habitation; retreat; hideaway.

Sire - a person of importance or in a position of authority, as a lord.

This reminds me of Medusa. Half snake and half women sounds like it to me. There is ancient history of a creature called Naga that sounds like her to me

gave

I can't tell if this poet can't spell, or the words have just evolved over time to what we have today? But to me, it seems like they just can't spell.

This seems like a sudden story conflict that is taking us from the exposition to the rising action.

This reminds me of the hireling from Munchkin

It is interesting to say the women was whiter. It maybe was thought as a sign of beauty for a women to have such white skin. But now a days, it is thought that you either don't go outside much, or you have very European genetics.

Does anybody know what this means?

This is what the cover of the book looks like for reference

Xenophon - Greek historian and essayist.

The instructors will have absolute positive feedback for the young learners. Although perhaps if they have learned to lose or learned from their mistakes, they will also be able to handle constructive criticism quite well.

What I am understanding here is a child would benefit a whole lot more by making mistakes and learning from those experiences as opposed to getting everything right the first time around and expecting it to always be that way when it comes to anything in life. If that is the case I think it is a very interesting line and could definitely see why that is.

I believe it is being suggested that teaching children should be in an enjoyable manner to them as it helps them actually learn the information they are being taught as opposed to just shoving them with it which would cause them to not like it so much and would probably have a difficult time understanding the material.

He writes in a friendly and witty tone that makes you hard to disagree with what he says.

Some Protestants refer to Catholics as Papists.

Some Protestants refer to Catholics as Papists.

A sermon is a talk on a religious or moral subject that is given by a member of the clergy as part of a church service.

an Italianate Englishman is a devil incarnate

personality

If you refer to someone's vanity, you are critical of them because they take great pride in their appearance or abilities.

If you say that someone meddles in something, you are criticizing the fact that they try to influence or change it without being asked.

Italian in style or character

Sounds like lots of complex relationships here lol

obscene talk or language

ancestors

He is saying some of worst books in Italy are now translated into English and are sold everywhere in London, but the authority pays no attention.

destroy; overturn

I think the first part of these excerpts about his method of teaching Latin is way easier to understand than the second part about his trip in Italy as the latter requires us to have some historical and literature background to understand what the author really wants to tell his reader. I do agree with him that corporal punishment in schools (and in families, too) is really awful to the physical and psychological development of a child. We should avoid at all costs.

The first part of the reading was amazing, everything is still implemented and encouraged every day in schools and in life situations with children. I appreciate the relatable aspects of this reading. The second part of the reading, took a turn. Seemed more harsh and demanding, seemed more of an adult teaching method. The end did confuse me a bit.

Animal comparisons can't be too far behind in these readings

YES! I feel like a lot of these points about teaching are things we still try to get across. Why is it that these things aren't a norm by now? Like we still have to constantly be reminded of these things all the time even if its been applied and talked about for decades on.

You learn more from your mistakes than your achievements.

Analyze (a sentence) into its parts and describe their syntactic roles. Analyze (a string or text) into logical syntactic components, Typically in order to test conformability to a logical grammar. examine or analyze minutely.

interpret (a word or action) in a particular way. analyze the syntax of (a text, sentence, or word). translate (a passage or author) word for word, typically aloud.

Early child development! It is a real thing, the knowledge of it has existed for so many years but now it is finally being pushed on, thats sad that it took this long. The original book was published in 16th century

The Stanzaic Morte Arthur is an anonymous 14th-century Middle English poem in 3,969 lines, about the adulterous affair between Lancelot and Guinevere, and Lancelot's tragic dissension with King Arthur.

an alphabetical list of the words (especially the important ones) present in a text, usually with citations of the passages concerned.

My reflection: This was a little hard to understand towards the end of the reading, but i loved the beginning when it was talking about how we should teach and learn. I looked this story up on Google and it said that the author was the first tutor of Princess Elizabeth (now Queen) and Queen Mary. This story is "based on his experience as a teacher". Very interesting!

I didn't know "learning through play" was introduced as early as 16th century!

People prefer to read other stuff because it is fun to read rather than to read of the Bible.

Now I am confused. Why are people being judged in such a harsh way?

I think his method combines practice with theory, and is an effective way to teach kids languages.

Amiss means not quite right; inappropriate or out of place. So they judge you by writing of you and how you basically don't fit in?

There is nothing like a sharpening stone to help good knowledge and a wish to learn more, as is praise.

Saying that this opinion isn't really an opinion at all, it is a fact. And is not as radical as it sounds as many others believe the same.

He thinks encouragement is so important to the kids.

Children should take the initiative to learn.

If you parse a sentence, you examine each word and clause in order to work out what grammatical type each one is.

If something is construed in a particular way, its nature or meaning is interpreted in that way.

There's a movie called True Romance that this line reminded me of. There's a scene where the antagonist who is Italian kills a man who insults his Italian ancestors and mentions somewhere that Italians were in some way related to Africans, which offends the antagonist and which is why he kills the man. I'm not sure how historically accurate that i, if it is at all. The only thing I can think of is the Arab conquest where Arab was more of a blanket term for many different races that could have included Africans. But its interesting to see how in both this story and the movie Italians are being ridiculed in such a ridiculous way.

He stresses the importance of early education.

I support this 100 percent! Do your job where students aren't afraid of asking for help. I am one of those people that is too afraid to ask for help sometimes.

Love this! Actually teach students, don't make them memorize things for a while. It makes the job hard for teachers and students.

This seems to be the case for a lot of people who have religious awakenings. They come to find God and even though they are not a part of a specific church, the excitement of finding faith encourages them to heal themselves and spread the word to others that may be struggling to find faith themselves.

Because the student is doing so good and is learning well, the teacher will say nothing but good about the student.

Is this also an old fashioned was of spelling the word "choose"?

Roger Ascham was an English scholar and didactic writer, famous for his prose style, his promotion of the vernacular, and his theories of education. He acted as Princess Elizabeth's tutor in Greek and Latin between 1548 and 1550, and served in the administrations of Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I.

It will be easier for them to learn? I'm not so sure what this means?

If you make teaching interesting and fun, then it will be easier for kids to learn and understand things better.

Sounds like it was easy book to read / understand.

Is butchery the same things as butcherly? If so, it means the work of slaughtering animals and preparing them for sale as meat.

Ingenious is defined as clever, original, and inventive. So you can see what they mean by "we are more"

Virtue is defined as: behavior showing high moral standards. Henry VII was considered an attractive, educated and accomplished king in his time. This line adds to that by suggesting he was "adorned with all the virtues."

Interesting read, not my favorite. Creating a great image of the Utopia cities, talked about all the points and factors that we see now too such as career, religion, nation, systems, and all the in between. Different from our medieval readings, but a nice transition to modern relatable material. I feel like this reading would be relatable every parts of the world at any time period.

That is right on! Million reasons why that is so true, never really thought about it till now but wow all facts!

Wow I could just picture this perfectly, author really painted the picture out for the audience.

It roughly corresponds to the historic Moorish Taifa of Toledo, taken during the Reconquista of the peninsula by Christians and thus becoming the southern part of Castile.

Interesting way to phrase that. I had to read that twice to make sure he was saying that he was ignorant or that he wasnt

to a notable degree; very.

What a beautiful and kind way to say something about age. Everyone always fears the age talk but this makes it sound not as bad.

Such a seamless way to explain the attitude and personality of him. Someone who is unbothered

the quality of being open and honest in expression; frankness.

fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing. clearly expressing or indicating something.

showing or having skill, especially with the hands.

Too jealous to explain them or they are just that great that he's speechless?

They seem to be very educated people as they never stop learning and taking in information concerning the world around them.

The utopians seem to be people of quality over quantity, which is ideal but does not exist in the real world as often

This reading is long but is totally worth it! We learned how to frame a story in an interesting way; how to write a good story without an actual plot (no story twists, no build-up or climax and even the ending is kind of ambiguous). We also learned how to employ irony in the text in a subtle way... there are really too many things we can learn from this text just by looking at the writing style, and I haven't yet talked about the themes...

This is such an interesting way to live. The town seems so isolated from the rest because of the combination of forts, towers, and thorns that keep it separated. It is also weird how even though the town is so secluded, the inhabitants don't really have a place to call home. It's as if the land they are on isn't even theirs since anyone can walk into their home at any time and their homes change often.

He definitely is after all this talking...

More thinks that many aspects of Utopia sound very absurd.

the narrative now returns to More's

Hythloday believes societies other than Utopia are merely conspiracies of the rich.

What is Celestial navigation? Or astronavigation? It is a position fixing technique that helps sailors to know their position when they are deep in the sea. According to Wikipedia Celestial navigation uses "sights" or angular measurements taken between a celestial body (the sun, the moon, a planet or a star, whose coordinates are tabulated in the Nautical Almanac) and the visible horizon.

In other words, celestial bodies are reference points for sailors helping them to get to their destination.

Source: Physics of Astrology - Celestial Navigation and Astrology

I like this idea, so you get two consecutive days off!

this is a sad truth about many people who work harder labor jobs. they are used, but not treated well for a job that everybody needs

After someone dies, they think it's important to recognize all their good qualities.

these robes are supposed to be so nice that they represent the blessings priests are given from God

the art of the priests clothing is nicer than it would be just for spending lots of money on stuff

To sum up: Utopians hate war.

cease fire

My reflection: This was a difficult reading. Sounds like everything was made up? It is was Utopia means? It has a lot of government involved in everything. Was the author really into government,or he only wrote this for fun?