It was spoken in the Norman invasion of 1066 and about 1470
2. What were the major factors which led to the development and the spread of Middle English?
The major factors were the variety of dialectal forms and written dialects of spoken forms of English.
B. Cow = Beef
C. Wood = Forest
D. Sheep = Mutton
E. House = mansion
F. Worthy = Honourable
G. Bold = Courageous
4. Compare & contrast the structure of nouns, pronouns and verbs, between Middle English & Modern English.
Nouns
singular plural
nom/acc engel nome engles nomen
gen engles* nome engle(ne)** nomen
dat engle nome engle(s) nomen
The strong -s plural form has survived into Modern English, while the weak -n form is rare (oxen, children, brethren ; and in some dialects eyen [instead of eyes], shoon [instead of shoes], hosen [instead of hose(s)] and kine [instead of cows]).
Verbs
As a general rule the first person singular of verbs in the present tense ends in -e ("ich here" - "I hear"), the second person in -(e)st ("þou spekest" - "thou speakest"), and the third person in -eþ ("he comeþ" - "he cometh/he comes"). (þ is pronounced like the unvoiced th in "think").
In the past tense, weak verbs are formed by adding an -ed(e), -d(e) or -t(e) ending. These, without their personal endings, also form past participles, together with past-participle prefixes derived from Old English: i-, y- and sometimes bi-.
Post-Conquest English inherits its pronouns from Old English, with the exception of the third person plural, The first and second person pronouns in Old English survived into Middle English largely unchanged, with only minor spelling variations. Now useless distinctions between the nominative, accusative, genitive and dative cases.
5. How is pronunciation different between Middle English and Modern English?
In Middle English words were pronounced silent letters in Modern English come from pronunciation shifts, which means that pronunciation is no longer closely reflected by the written form because of fixed spelling constraints imposed by the invention of dictionaries and printing. Therefore 'knight' was pronounced /kniçt/ with a pronounced and the as the in German 'Knecht'), not /naɪt/ as in Modern English.
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 and for the other official purposes from the late 14th century.
7. Who wrote the Canterbury Tales?
It was written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century.
8. Describe the medieval pilgrims who journeyed from Canterbury to London.
medieval pilgrims were a group of people from all classes, upper and lower represented Religious characters, such as a prioress, monk and a pardoner, travel alongside a shipman, miller, carpenter, reeve, squire, yeoman and a knight, among others.
9. Why did the pilgrims take this journey?
They did the journey because they have to pay their respects to the tomb of Saint Thomas Becket at the Canterbury Cathedral.
10. It is thought that some of the stories in The Canterbury Tales originated in Italy. What was the name of the Italian book and who wrote it?
The Italian book´s name is the decameron and the author was Giovanni Boccaccio
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?
It is important because, the book was written in middle English and started he creation or fixed, and reflects their social position what we know now as modern English
12. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is:
A detailed explanation of the proper etiquette & behavior for all knights in Medieval Europe a medieval romance poem, with Arthurian themes, None of the above, All of the above
13. Who is Sir Gawain?
14. What is the challenge that The Green Knight proposes to the Knights of the Round Table?
The Green Knight offers to allow anyone to strike him with his axe if the challenger will take a return blow in a year and a day.
15. What is the similarity between Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the Irish tale of Cúchulainn?
16. What is the importance of the pentagram/pentangle in the poem?
The importance of pentagram/pentangle is Gawain's shield is seen by many critics as signifying Gawain's perfection and power over evil and they decribes the pentangle as a symbol of faithfulness and endless knot.
17. How are numbers used to symbolize events in the poem?
Three kisses are exchanged between Gawai and Bertilak's wife, the number two confessions scenes and two castles also the number five represents five points of the pentangle , Gawai´s five virtues and faith, because numbers are used to add symmetry and meaning to the poem.18. What is the significance of Sir Gawain's neck wound?
The Gawain´s neck means an outward sign of an internal wound specifically, was believed to correlate with the part of the soul related to will connecting the reasoning part the head and the courageous part the heart.
19. Which actor played The Green Knight in the film adaptation, Sword of the Valiant?
Sean Connory played The green knight in the film Sword of the Valiant.
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.
I really don't know which chileans teleseries could be similar with this poem, because I never watch soap opera.
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