The area near or surrounding a particular place.

The children would be on the lookout for anyone that was coming for them. As the adults were busy working in the fields the children would climb trees to keep themselves safe since their parents were not watching them. They were easier to kidnap if their parents were not with them.

Instigate or stir up

They start working at a young age which is different in the United States today.

A drink poured out as an offering to a deity.

This demonstrates that the husband is superior so he gets to eat by himself. I wonder if they liked being alone while eating. I would not want to eat alone even if I was superior. It is similar to the manual "Of Domesticall Duties" where it mentions that the husband is the head of the family and is superior while the wife is the heart and is still considered high, but not as high as the husband. It follows the same lines here as the husband gets to eat alone because of his superiority and the wife has to eat with the slaves as they are considered inferior.

This represents their gender roles. Men worked outside working on growing crops while women worked on making garments.

The preparation of land for growing crops.

Their clothing is dyed blue from a berry. That would be a neat thing to do to dye clothes.

So the friends of the bride and groom provide the dowry?

I have never seen eyebrows written with a dash in between.

Lack of respect, rudeness

The capital letters here remind me of how the five wits in "Everyman" were capitalized. The capitalization signifies importance.

A cruel and obsessive ruler.

The feeling that something is not worthy of someone's consideration or respect.

Wound or injure the cattle so that a part of their body is permanently damaged.

He left his pregnant wife and family again. He does not stay with his family very much. Is it because he was bribed into marrying his wife? If he was going to be going on all these adventures, I do not think marriage was right for him right now since he is gone all the time.

Does he love his family? He only stayed with them for two months and is back to traveling again. If he did not go out to sea again, he would suffer?

Not sensible or restrained, excessive

A person's inherent qualities of mind and character.

Wow, he received a lot of money for getting married compared to the thirty pounds he had when he was living in Leyden. Did he marry for the money? It seems odd to include how much money he got from getting married.

Gulliver was a very smart man, he was looking into his future by realizing that he should take physics to help him later on in his life.

He did not have very much money growing up.

This background information about Gulliver was really helpful as it allows readers to learn more about him, so they can better understand where he is coming from.

A rude, violent, or noisy person.

Every time he sets out to sea something goes wrong. Has he not learned this by now? Also, this time he is leaving his wife who is pregnant and he might not return.

An open rebellion against proper authorities, especially by soldiers or sailors against their officers.

Do something that one considers to be beneath one's dignity.

The king knew that Oroonoko would not like what he did, so he told the messenger to lie to him and tell him that Imoinda was dead. However the truth is that she was sold as a slave.

Becoming less intense or widespread.

The easiest food that they could get with their arrows. Citron is a fruit similar to lemons, but is less acidic and has a thicker peel.

Aboan was easily influenced.

Anyone could tell that they were in love there was no keeping it a secret. Every time their eyes met it was not a secret.

Old-fashioned or outdated

The king has multiple wives? That is just weird and especially since they are a lot younger than him.

I can sense that this is not going to end well.

This does not seem like an invitation it seems more demanding and that Imoinda does not have a choice.

She was very against Christians.

They praised her enthusiastically.

The imagery describes his eyes to be white as snow. They were very distinct. His looks are perceived to be known as a superior.

To or toward that place.

Having a tendency to do something.

Wow, they have really good aim to not puncture the fruit.

Quick and light in movement or action.

It is a duty or responsibility for someone to do something.

Behn does a great job describing exactly how men dressed. Her use of descriptive imagery allows readers to get a good picture of men's clothing.

Behn writes truthfully and wants to inform her readers. She does not write fairytales or fiction.

Offer

They started a family.

Wow, she became an Empress and now she has it all. She has all the jewels to make her look like an authority.

Did she have to be married in order to rule her own world? Could she not have done it without the Emperor's power? This seems to be referencing that women were dependent on men and could not do anything without them.

This place was really a maze. So many visitors would get lost. I guess the one entrance keeps most people out.

One way in and the same way out. Seems pretty safe from invaders, but would be bad if they had gotten through and there was only one way out of the island.

She was very brave to be all alone on this journey other than with animals and learn the language they speak.

This seems as if it was all part of her plan to have her own world and a fresh start by being the only one alive in the ship. She will be the only one that will make it to the island from the ship.

Does this mean "light"?

This demonstrates a big step for the power of women. Even though she does not have power to be a ruler of a place, she is determined to be one. Instead of comparing her power and time to other great rulers she sets her mind to making a world of her own. She will be the ruler of her own world and make all of her rules.

A woman who is a ruler.

Is the Duchess trying to take over her role?

These are examples of philosophical questions that she was asking the "men."

The nature of the trees is a metaphor for dying. When there is no sun, trees change color and can die.

The change in color shows all that they have been through just like age does with people.

I'm confused. Earlier it said that the poor souls did not give their consent and now it says they did. Are they referring to different people?

Muses are the Greek goddesses of poetic inspiration, the adored deities of song, dance, and memory, on whose mercy the creativity, wisdom and insight of all artists and thinkers depended.

This is referring to women being poor souls and that we did not give consent to be treated unequally. Therefore, we deserve equal rights.

The evil stemming from her only came from Adam. She was made from him, so that is where she got it from. Just like temperament can be genetic, she her evilness it from who she was made from.

Eve was too full of love which was her only fault.

It only took one apple to lose your breath and die.

Although it was Eve's fault, it was also Adam's fault as well. She was not letting him get out of being blamed as he caused the fall of men as well.

Eve ate the apple from the tree in order to share the knowledge she had learned with Adam.

I'm confused. Is the dash here emphasizing that women should be treated equally as men?

This means "days." This is getting really difficult to understand with all of the different word spellings.

The Queen has had sons who have been good Kings. She is thought of as gracious in regard of her sons.

Old-English way of saying "until." This reading seems to have lots of different ways to spell words than the way we spell them now.

An evil spirit or demon.

This shows that Ferdinand really loves Miranda. He would rather get himself hurt than see Miranda bear his logs.

Please

She does not desire to find another man, she wants Ferdinand.

Only the third man Miranda has seen and she has fell in love, yet her father does not like him. He will not approve, but Miranda is trying to tell her father not to harm him.

Wow, he is saying that Miranda is braver than him. He is a good father to be talking about his daughter like that. He thinks very highly of her.

This is the start to the love story between Miranda and Ferdinand as she is describing how she has never seen someone like him. She is instantly falling in love.

Morally bad, wicked

Regard with disgust and hatred.

Is he telling her that he is not her father? If he is not her father, did her real father die?

It seems that Prospero was always interrupted or too busy to finish conversations with his daughter.

Miranda is telling Prospero that he caused the uproar and now he is the one that needs to fix it.

Diminish or put at rest

A violent storm

This is interesting how it is a command and the "s" is not capitalized.

I agree with this as I think it should be classified as a romance because of the love at first sight between Ferdinand and Miranda. I don't quite see how it is a comedy.

Antonio's plan backfired on him. Now he is stuck on the island that Prospero and his daughter are on.

A person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality. In this case it is excellence.

I wonder what would happen if he went in the water with the horse.

Why is this in all caps? Is it an exaggeration?

If he is questioning it, then maybe he should rethink his decision to give up his soul to the devil. He should listen to the good angel.

His blood clotted which prevented him from being able to sign the bill.

He has two contradicting voices going through his head. The good angel does not want him to make the agreement with Mephistophilis and the evil angel does.

Wow he really wants more power. He would give up all of his souls just for power and knowledge. To think he was going to take his life in the beginning and now he will do anything to gain power.

To seize and take away by violence.

There must be some type of significance with some of the characters in this story because some are in all caps. Maybe they are superior.

If he was going to abuse his power, why would he make an agreement with the devil to give away his soul in 24 years? Seems a little backwards to me.

So Mephistophilis does not really have the knowledge that Faustus wants? He does not even give him good answers.

Why would he ignore the good angel, they just want him to be happy. I guess this was his best chance at gaining more knowledge. Was there no one else he could seek the knowledge he wanted?

The number of years the devil will give knowledge to Faustus is interesting. How old would he be in 24 years?

This story seems like it would have been written today. Depression still occurs to this day.

This means that you should confess your sins before you die, so that you can go to heaven.

Since Everyman went to confession to confess his sins and ask for forgiveness the Angel welcomes him into heaven.

He is slowly dying and hopes his people will accompany him in heaven.

Lacking self-restraint, uncontrolled

Knowledge gives Everyman a garment that will represent his shame for sinning.

A whip used as a form of punishment

Finally, someone who says yes and will now guide Everyman to confession.

Everyone he has asked to go with him has said that they cannot.

This does not seem like a good enough excuse to back out.

Is this him asking if his cousin will go with him to confession to ask for forgiveness?

Belonging or relating to heaven.

I am confused on what he is asking of Everyman. Does it mean he has to find someone to go with him?

Everyman did not get any notice that Death was coming. Death comes out of nowhere and strikes on Everyman.

Death cannot be bribed in any way. Not even with expensive materials. If God sent him to kill someone he will obey him.

Everyman is trying to bribe Death to wait and kill him some other time. Everyman is not prepared to die.

It is interesting that Everyman has no clue why Death has come for him. Does he not know that he was disrespecting God by sinning?

God calls Death to come to Everyman because they need punishment for sinning.

Instead of appreciating what he has done for them, Everyman is continuing to sin.

Archaic third person singular present of say.

Not permanent, only temporary

He is tricking people into believing that he was given the power to free them of their sins, so that they can live freely.

Now who gets the treasure? All three of the men have tried to murder each other and now they are all dead.

I find it that anytime there is a group of three working together, one person always gets left out. Two people end up teaming up on the other one. To see that it has been like that since this time period that is insane.

They do not want anyone to steal their treasure. Are they sending the other man out to get food just so that they can plan out how to kill him to get more money to themselves?

Why are they referring to Death as a person? They are trying to go out and find Death.

Did the people drinking too much have an influence on who the Pardoner went after? Did he take advantage of those who were drunk?

The Pardoner only seems to care about himself and is very greedy. He wants to take money away from everyone especially poor people, so they he can have anything he wants. With all of his earnings from lying to people he can afford all he has ever wanted because he earns lots of money.

He says he does this to make the people free from the sins they have committed, but does he even have the authority to do that? He is just tricking everyone especially those who are not educated. He is only doing it, so that he can get more money.

To free people of their sin.

An official in the Catholic Church that ranks right below the Pope.

Why is this capitalized? Is it because it refers to the Black Death and they just shortened it calling it Death?

This is so cruel. While they can barely afford food, he is taking away their only money by tricking them.

Bad behavior

Confer or present a right, honor, or gift

He was one of the rare ones out of her five husbands who she did not love for his money. It seemed as if she genuinely loved him for who he was.

Time has made her age and taken away her beauty. She has enjoyed living on her own time, but she is now starting to age. She can see it that her body is changing.

He fourth husband should have never not allowed her to drink. She believed that she has the right to drink, and also however much she wants. She did not want him to ever scare her for drinking too much.

AA BB rhyme scheme with "mirth" and "birth." Then with "give" and "live."

To make a shrill howling or wailing noise like a cat.

Men are only attracted to women that are pretty. They only look for their physical features and not who they really are. They do not care about their personality only their looks and talents.

A dishonest man. A villain.

A feeling of pensive sadness usually without an obvious cause.

Her three husbands that she liked spoiled her with their money and because they were old it sounds like they gave her whatever he wanted. It still seems crazy that she was married to five men.

Ordered or commanded

She realizes that because of the Lord's example, she should have only married once instead of five times. She begins to realize what she did wrong.

Supreme power or authority. The answer to what women want most is to have dominant power in a relationship and to be given full control.

What was the answer to the Queen's question? Is it that women most desire men doing anything they ask them to?

Confused

Was it common for women to get married multiple times?

How does he already know that they will get married if he had only seen her walk through the garden? I guess looks was the only thing that mattered because he never even met Emily.

Arcite realizes how lucky Palamon was to win Emily. It it like Palamon won the lottery because he got the girl of his dreams and Acrite is living in sorrow knowing that Emily is not his love.

I was wondering earlier in the story if Arcite and Palamon were related in any way.

I'm confused. If the two knights were wounded why were they sent to a prison cell until they die. Why wouldn't anyone help them? Were they an enemy? If Theseus was just willing to help the women whose husbands were wrongfully buried why would he not help heal the men instead of locking them up?

The two knights were severely wounded.

Theseus was hugging the women to comfort them because when they told him about their husbands burials he felt their sorrow. He felt bad for the women as he was thinking what he could do to help them.

The two women are wanting Theseus to feel in his heart how sad they are and they want him to do something about it.

This is disturbing. How was it even a thing that men's lives that were taken at war were not allowed to be buried or cremated, but they were able to be eaten by dogs? This sounds horrific.

Great sorrow and distress

The women were dressed in all black because they were mourning their husbands death. Black symbolizes death and is a common color worn at funerals.

Theseus feels disturbed by the two women interrupting his victory with their crying. I think he is selfishly thinking how dare you interrupt my victory.

A common phrase that starts off many fairy tales.

Very polite or refined

A feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's luck. Palamon was jealous of Arcite because he thought he had a better chance with Emelye if he was not banished.

A favor or request

Indeed. It is used to express surprise.

To notice

To shake or tremble.

I am confused on what this means. I get that he thinks that he did something wrong, but confused on how to interpret this.

Said

Headgear that is used to control a horse. It consists of buckled straps and the reins are attached to it.

I am confused. This is a stout in its white winter coat. Does he have a stout on him or is it referring to the white coat? Are they saying his coat is bright white?

The knight was well dressed.

Did they receive four course meals everyday?

They had plenty enough food as everyone had more than one plate full of food.

That was kind of him to wait and eat until everyone else had their food especially since he was the king. This is also a tradition and an appropriate thing to do to this day. Even now people wait for everyone to get their food before they begin eating as it is the polite thing to do.

To plan or invent with careful thought.

This was mentioned in the previous reading, "Romances of Marie de France." Why is this capitalized? Is it because the people at the Round Table are superior?

Is this knight some kind of monster? If he cut his head off how is he not dead? Is this a fantasy where he can pick his head up and come back to life? Do they never die?

In an obedient manner that is motivated by duty instead of desire. Gawain did it as a duty for his lord.

Gawain is very brave to be stepping in King Arthur's place to compete in the beheading game with the Green Knight.

Bisclavaret's wife left him and found another lord as they ventured to a different city, so that she would not be attacked again. They were never seen again after they left.

Clothes

Loud festivities, parties

Amusement usually expressed as laughter

Brave and heroic

Now that he told her, what will happen to him? Assuming she keeps the information to herself and does not share it with anyone how will anyone know that he told his wife?

He cannot even tell his wife where he is going. What will happen to him if he tells his wife where he has been going?

No one knew where he was for those three days every week that he would disappear to. Was he cheating on his wife? Was he killing people or eating them because he was a werewolf?

Pay attention to or to notice

How did the maidens know exactly where Launfal was? He was just laying on the ground in a meadow and there was no one around.

Did he just jump to his feet quickly to be a gentlemen and greet the women? He was just uneasy laying down on the ground thinking about all of his thoughts in his head.

The imagery described here implies that he was attracted to these women and he was wondering if they were going to go to him and talk.

I'm confused was Launfal forgotten and misliked by the king or was the king forgotten and misliked by Launfal?

These people seem very important and high up in status.

Was King Arthur forced to leave Wales to somewhere else or was he forced to be in Wales? Why did he have to be relocated?