Assignment: Middle English "The Norman Invasion and Middle English"

1.Approximately when was Middle English spoken?
Between the 11th century and 1470.

2.What were the major factors which led to the development and the spread of Middle English?
The language of England as used after 1650, is known Early Modern English.
The Northumbrian dialect was prevalent in Northern England had a variety.

3.Match the following Old English words with their Anglo-Norman equivalent:
A. Pig Pork
B. Cow Beef
C. Wood Forest
D. Sheep Mutton
E. House Mansion
F. Worthy Honourable
G. Bold Courageous

5. How is pronunciation different between Middle English and Modern English?
In Modern English the written vowels were not pronounced all.But in Middle English all written vowels are pronounced.

6. What is the Chancery Standard, and how did it come into effect?
Chancery Standard was a written form of English used by government bureaucracy from the 15th century. Chancery Standard was developed to meet this need.

7.Who wrote the Canterbury Tales?
Geoffrey Chaucer

8. Describe the medieval pilgrims who journeyed from Canterbury to London.
The pilgrimage was a prominent feature of medieval society. Piligrins believed that such relics had miraculous powers.

9. Why did the pilgrims take this journey?
Canterbury was a popular destination within England.Miracle stories was connected with the Archbishop of Canterbury remains.This began to spring up soon after the death of the Archbisop, and the area became a popular pilgrimage destination.People wanted to find the holy blessed martyr.


11. The Canterbury Tales is considered an extremely important book, both in terms of English Literature & in the history of English writing. In your opinion, why is this book so important?
This book is very important because was written in middle English, this include all kind of dialect and a lot of words that are difficult to pronounce.It´s important to read this book because we can learn a lot of vocabulary and enrich our language.


12. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is:
a. A collection of German folk tales, similar to Grimm's Fairy Tales.


13. Who is Sir Gawain?
Sir Gawain was the youngest of Arthur's knights and nephew´s king.


14. What is the challenge that The Green Knight proposes to the Knights of the Round Table?
Green night asks for someone in the court to strike him once with his axe, with the condition that He will return one day and a year later.


15. What is the similarity between Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the Irish tale of Cúchulainn?
The earliest story to feature a beheading game is in the 8th-century Middle Irish tale Bricriu's Feast This story parallels Gawain in that, like the Green Knight, Cú Chulainn's antagonist feints three blows with the axe before letting his target depart without injury.


16. What is the importance of the pentagram/pentangle in the poem?
The pentangle on Gawain's signifying Gawain's perfection and power over evil, its a protection for Gawain.


17. How are numbers used to symbolize events in the poem?
Number three is the most relevant in this poem,Bertilak goes hunting three times,the Green Knight swings at Gawain three times with his axe,three kisses was exchanged between Gawain and Bertilak's wife, and Sir Gawain is tempted by Bertilak´s wife on three separate days.


18. What is the significance of Sir Gawain's neck wound?
It was a sign of inward sin. The neck, was conected with the part of the soul related to will, connecting the reasoning part (the head) and the emotional part (the heart).


19. Which actor played The Green Knight in the film adaptation, Sword of the Valiant?
Sean Connery was the Green Knight.

20. In many ways this poem is, in the modern sense, a soap opera. Compare Sir Gawain and the Green Knight with a modern Chilean teleseries.
For example the teleserie "Manuel Rodriguez" is a medieval story about a rustler who was in love of Francisca a lady of the royalty.He always was figthing with the Talaveras Army.He had a lot of courage.