Essay #4: Medieval and Early Modern Europe — Due November 30
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Write 2 to 3 pages on ONLY ONE of the following prompts. Keep in mind that your essay must engage with the readings; avoid going off on tangents. For further guidance, see instructions on the essays in your student packet or HERE.
Don’t forget formatting rules: 12-pt Times New Roman font, double-spaced, indented paragraphs without gaps between paragraphs, one-inch margins, single-spaced ID block with title in ID block only.
Prompt #1: Medieval Love Poetry of France and Germany
Pick one poem from the troubadour poems in the packet. Write an analysis of the poem. What is it about? Does it tell a story, either directly or indirectly? What sort of imagery does it use? How does it use imagery to evoke emotion? What sorts of emotion does it evoke? Be both literal-minded and creative. Write everything you can thing of to say about the poem, and be specific.
Prompt #2: Belles Lettres and Patient Griselda in the Decameron
This time, you are Patient Griselda’s less submissive sister, the Impatient Imelda. Write Griselda a letter in which you urge her to leave her husband (or worse!), with your argument based on the events of the story. You can date the letter before Griselda finds out the reason for her husband’s behavior, or afterwards. If you date the letter before the reason becomes known, add a p.s. in which (in just a sentence or two) you address this new knowledge.
Prompt #3: Guillem de Peiteus, Boccaccio, Chaucer, and Shakespeare
Your annoying sister Esmerelda is a total fangirl when it comes to writers, and she has the chance to invite a really famous one to join your family get-together at Thanksgiving. Judging from
