65 Matching Annotations
  1. Mar 2019
    1. And yet though I must needs acknowledge, that being constrained, and as you know well enough continually assayed, yet in taking upon me, I seemed to consent, and therein grievously offended the queen and her laws, yet do I assuredly trust that this my offence towards God is so much the less, in that being in so royal estate as I was, my enforced honour never mingled with mine innocent heart.

      I'm noticing the trend in this reading that her sentences are super long. Like each sentence is like this, or even longer. Geez

    1. .

      This was definitely an interesting way of writing and the theme behind it. I really like that some of the sins were portrayed through the reading. I felt like the pardoner confessed a lot of things that maybe he shouldn't have said so freely. Whether it was about the church or things he did. Made me wonder why he was so open about things he did.

    2. Lo, how I’m wasted, flesh and blood and skin!

      I almost imagined he is cursed and he is just begging to die. 'Flesh, blood and skin' sounds like an -definite- old man with nothing else to live for and how he is proclaiming when 'his bones come to their rest' is ready to die.

  2. Feb 2019
    1. magistrates

      Definition: a civil officer or lay judge who administers the law, especially one who conducts a court that deals with minor offenses and holds preliminary hearings for more serious ones.

    2. And win me gold and silver by my teaching 155 I’ll live of my free will in poverty?

      He doesn't come cheap and to be taught by him, whether he explains something or teaches you something, there is a price to be paid.

      There's no such thing as a free lunch, is a saying that reminded me of that line. I've heard it everywhere and it's true.

    1. I never should have married more than once.

      I wonder if it had to do with each marriage was bad and only got worse and she realized her first husband was what she wanted all along, or if it was a religious belief that she had sinned and it was being taken out on her.

    1. !

      Not going to lie, this story was wild! It was very enjoyable to read, to be honest.Nothing like how I imagined. I don't think it was my favorite, but by far, it was one that shocked yet entertained me from all of the pranks.

    2. This world,” he said, “in less time than an hour, Shall all be drowned, so terrible is this shower; Thus shall all mankind drown and lose all life.”

      This made me think of a prophet. Staring at the stars as if trying to figure out the message he was given.

    3. Skittish she was as is a pretty colt, Tall as a staff and straight as cross-bow bolt.

      I really like the imagery the author uses to describe people or things in his story. It really does help to paint a clear image in the head.

    1. .

      This story was way easier to read than all of the other stories we have read so far. I really enjoyed that Chaucer introduced each character before writing the story. This helped paint a clearer picture of who we were going to be reading about and what kind of characters were going to be there.

    2. cloisterless,

      Definition:a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard. a courtyard, especially in a religious institution, bordered with such walks. a place of religious seclusion, as a monastery or convent.

    3. Who helped them when they lay so ill and weak

      It makes me wonder with how they explained it being Spring in the beginning, are they trying to signify that the ill and weak are from the aftermath from the winter?

    4. When in April the sweet showers fall That pierce March’s drought to the root and all And bathed every vein in liquor that has power

      I really like the way the story starts off. It sets the time of year to give you a better understanding what the setting will be like through the beginning of the . story.

    1. .

      In the beginning I really didn't care for the style of reading. It was confusing and the sentences were constructed weird. But the more I read, and with the help of the other annotations, I gathered what was being written. It seemed like a dragged out story after the green knight left with his chopped head in his arms and sir Gawain trying to find him. But it wasn't bad. Some of the details painted a nice picture in the head. I do wonder what will happen in the next part. Though, i didn't really understand why the green knight showed up in the first place . That was weird.

    1. .

      All of the stories combined had a forbidden type of love involved. But in the end, they all had a nice ending to it, even if death was a factor. At least they got to be together after being apart for so long. Reading these stories, it shows that love goes through many obstacles and distance and time being the biggest factor.

    2. If her beauty be such as he has told us, the Queen will have no cause for wrath.

      This makes me think of the evil queen from Snow White. She has to be the 'fairest' of them all and when she learned that Snow White was more beautiful than her, she sent her huntsmen to go out and kill Snow White. I'm getting that same vibe from this, just minus the killing.

    3. When you would speak with me I shall hasten to come before your wish.

      This makes me think that she is some kind of Goddess. Luring men in and gives him something but in exchange, is if he is to speak to someone regarding her, of this, then he'll lose a friend.

    4. no emperor nor count, nor king,

      I don't know about you, but if someone said that I faired above a count, emperor or even a king, I knew it would be too good to be true. Something fishy is going on and yet he is so enchanted by her.

  3. Jan 2019