1. Social Structures in Middle English Literature
This is not a single tale but a collection of tales from several characters that fall within different classes of the social structure. ... Even though Chaucer used the Anglo-Saxon 14th-century dialect, the words he chooses to use for the different travelers stories tells much about their social station. ... The tales are full of a common theme of honor, adventure, love and war. ... He states, "my heart was never so heavy as it is now for my good knight's loss than for the loss of my fair queen" (Greenblatt, 2012, p.494). ... In Sir Thomas Malory's tale, we see the transition fr...
- Word Count: 1419
- Approx Pages: 6
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School