This reading was the most dificult to read. I am beyond happy that is is over. However, it made me think and reserch the most out of the other readings. Becasue of the lack of religious and greek mythology knowlege. Some times I was not sure how they are related or why they woulc be righten in the same book. Maybe I missed something. To truly understand some of the ideas John Milton was trying to convey I had to reserch the story of Satan and the creation of Adam and Eve. This reading opened my mind to views I might not have now becasue I had to dig deper than my basic knowledge on the subject matter.

He is referring to Satan.

Now that Adam and Eve have been banished from the garden of Eden. They will have to endure death and have the choice to sin if they want to. They are no longer immune to these horrid things.

This is the most difficult readings for me I don't know who he is referring to.

He is saying that man was created in the image of God to worship him and rule over his creation on Earth and raise more children to do the same. Its hard to believe this was our purpose and we have done nothing nut destroy the world and use the resources it provides and the planet is withering away.

noun noun: admonishment; plural noun: admonishments a firm warning or reprimand.

Bacchus was the Roman god of agriculture, wine and fertility, equivalent to the Greek god Dionysus. Dionysius was said to be the last god to join the twelve Olympians. Supposedly, Hestia gave up her seat for him. His plants were vines and twirling ivy.

I tried to do more research on Satan but think I am more confused now than ever. With so many questions? and not many answers. When did our image of him change? Does he miss being in heaven or does e just want to be worshiped more than God?

Does Satan only talk to Eve? Does he think she will be easier to convince to break the only rule God has given them?

I wish I could get into reading more but I am not an avid reader and think I was spoiled with the prior readings I think this one took to long and was east to read but hard to follow. I think the religious aspects of the story which are almost 100 percent make it difficult for some people to follow specially when I don't have an extensive knowledge of the Bible. I found some parts very nicely written and it helped me get through but right now I feel disappointed that the reading must go on.

Why do a lot of these words have an apostrophe? What does it mean? Some words are easier to figure out than others.

So sad and vivid makes you feel some kind of way. This story is simple and boring but it has its moments of poetic inspiration.

adjective threatening harm; menacing

Sad to say I am so confused these last reading have not been my fave almost wish these had bee first. Is he comparing the King to God. Because the King has absolute power.

Makes me think of todays government and how politicians are influenced by the companies and people that pay their campaigns.

Better be a huge closet. I wonder if its like a prayer room?

Did we just skip a big chunk of her life?

Impressive she arrived to a new world is an Empress. Other are still amazed by her so find it unlikely she is not a Goddess and looks like she has not only learned their language but also picked up some ass kicking skills along the way.

Wow. I don't know if I would have been so honest if I were in her position. I mean who wouldn't want to be worshiped and treated like a God or Goddess.

This is very true. Many new adventures await for us in the future and sometime change is good but it is scary and it might sock us into wanting to stay in the same spot and we hinder our own growth. But family and friends are what keep us going. They have the ability to ground us and keep us calm.

augurer Noun (plural augurers) (obsolete) An augur

Augur: noun The definition of an augur is a clairvoyant, priest or collection of priests whose job it was to interpret what the gods wanted.

So a group of guys were like cool we will take this girl no one knows anything about except she is god looking and just sail of into an unknown adventure.

I am so glad he did't just get away with it. Who does he think he is I mean he doesn't even care about her and what she feels. He just kidnapped her.

As a woman I love this section but men are also needed for reproduction. An ovum can not by its self create new life. I think woman give more to a child than men after fertilization of the ovum because they sacrifice themselves for the child but is it sexist and just as bad that women forget that a man is also needed in creating life?

I enjoyed this line it just makes me think of the beauty of nature. But I wonder if the sadness nature brings her is death. After all death is a part of nature.

This is the first time I am happy we have a structure if writing and spelling rules. At first I thought man i wish i could spell things the way I wanted then it would be so much easier. But as a reader it is so difficult because if you don't understand the word you cant even look it up and be certain that the definition you find is correct.

Could she be remembering all the details exactly?

why does she spell this "Salve" in the title but "Salue" here?

For me this response was hard to follow because of the spelling and the bible references. I had to look up several things and reread the section to truly understand what she was trying to convey.

This made me think of " dog's bark is worse than his bite".

whetting (present participle) excite or stimulate (someone's desire, interest, or appetite).

Genesis 2: 21-22 "Be careful if you make a woman cry, because god counts her tears. the woman came out of man's rib. Not from his feet to be walked on. Not from his head to be superior, but from his side to be his equal. Under his arm to be protected and next to his heart to be loved."

He was either hurt by a woman like this or he has mommy issues. What ever the case might have been he has a horrible view of all women. I wonder if he was ever married.

So he doesn't know what he is talking about because no woman in his town will marry him. He has to refer to the experience of other men an proof that women are horrible.

This is like when you visit your grandma's house. Everything in her pantry and fridge is fair game. She sees you and that is the first thing she asks you. Are you hungry?

Was it custom for Lords to invite strangers to stay the night in his home if they were travelers?

This play reminds me of the day we talked about word selection and how some words make you change your perception of a story being told. This allows me to visualize the Lord with a fancy wave asking the servant to ask them to come close.

The language in this play is difficult for me to comprehend. Is he telling the Lord he is not drunk? If he is this is such an eloquent way of saying he is sober.

meaning a few words. The translation I found said this was Spanish but I think not. Or this could be from an earlier Spanish similar to old English that it is far from modern English.

Is he trying to say he will fix his faith? or is he trying to covert him to a different religion?

Before today the only peace of work Shakespeare has written that I had to read was Romeo and Juliet. It was good but did not really interest me. I never really bothered to read anything else before today and I am amazed at his writing. All of these sonnets were beautiful, sad, encouraging and just amazing. Some of them were more relatable than other but still amazing in themselves. Some I found difficult to understand but once I was able to understand they were breath taking.

I find this as viscous cycle most of us get trapped in sometimes. We remember and regret the things and choices we made or didn't make but we allow that to slow down our future progress. We waist time thinking if what could have been not realizing we are wasting the moment we are living in.

Verb archaic third-person singular simple present indicative form of amaze

His love of writing will for ever live. We tech this to all the young people because his writing made an impact. I wonder if he could foresee how long how long his writing would live on.

NOUN a family of young animals, especially of a bird, produced at one hatching or birth. "a brood of chicks" VERB

1. think deeply about something that makes one unhappy. "he brooded over his need to find a wife"
2. (of a bird) sit on (eggs) to hatch them. ADJECTIVE (of an animal) kept to be used for breeding.

I understood this as the memory of a person will never fade. I thought that he could be stating that her beauty will never fade but lines above se said "fair sometime declines". Meaning the memory of her beauty will not fade.

I love this line. It gives me hope for the future and strength to persevere because no matter what is going on in life tomorrow will come. Nothing can stop time so all you can do is keep going. Make the best of what you have and work hard for what you want.

definition: NOUN a tool used for cutting crops such as grass or wheat, with a long curved blade at the end of a long pole attached to which are one or two short handles.

Could this be where we say our golden years? according to modern research this would roughly fall between the ages of 65 and 80+.

The spelling caught my eye so fun fact on the development of spelling as we know it today. A "British standard" began to emerge following the 1755 publication of Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language, and an "American standard" started following the work of Noah Webster and in particular his American Dictionary of the English Language, first published in 1828.

Is this his title or are they just trying to describe sir Francis Walsingham?

Time destroys everything in its path. Time slowly takes everything from you and you cant stop it.

/ˈpōtnˌtāt/ noun a monarch or ruler, especially an autocratic one.

I like this comparison of life. We come into this world live our lives kind of like running errands and in the end you don't receive any thing in return.

I find this poem so beautifully sad. The lucky ones can say it was better to have loved and lost then never to have loved. This seems as if he surrendered himself to this love with complete blind faith only to have been betrayed and to be left.

/ikˈspound/ verb present and explain (a theory or idea) systematically and in detail.

definition: verb: ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat.

So far I am not following this story. Is she writing to apologize for how she felt about the king or is she being forced to say this.

She is speaking so highly of him but it sounds forced.

The three longest sentences I have ever read in my life. before this period I thought each paragraph was going to be a sentence.

adverb 1 to that place, thing, etc. 2 to that matter, circumstance, etc.

Why would Jesus choose this moment to appear to her? It makes you question the mental state she was in at the moment. His vision rid her of all the demons trapped in her head.

adjective. intentioned (usually used in combination): She's a well-meaning person. full of significance; expressive: a meaning look.

Why is the author referring to her as a creature?

Why would you want to marry the woman that caused so much blood shed. Why would you want to marry your uncles wife that was also your fathers wife? Wait are you saying he married his mother?

Aliens go way back. Who knows maybe they visited Earth long ago and we are no longer worthy of their presence.

He already did this. He is acting like this could happen but he already did. He killed 12 knights to escape his own death and he disobeyed/shamed the King by sleeping with his wife.

This would not be happening if she would have left with him the night he was a bad ass and got away.

Why would you plan to save the queen after leaving her. Why not save some trouble and just take her with I mean he just killed 12 of the best knights I am sure he can exit the palace with the queen. This would save the time of him having to come back for her.

So now Sir Launcelot is a murdered and an adulterer. Why is it that when life catches up to us all we want to do is blame others and fight out way out?

Did he just offer her to Sir Bors and Sir Urre to be with so they can sleep with her?

Just because you save peoples lives does not mean you can sleep with who ever you want specially if she is married. What happened to bros before hoes maybe this is to much of a modern concept for them.

The queen gets around it most of the stories she is in she is trying to get with a different knight. The king must know that his wife gets around.

This makes me think of how delicate life can be and that we should always live life to the fullest because you never know when death will knock on your door.

Love causes men to commit sins for the ones they love.

Well he has some serious game to change her mind so fast just by crying. She went form get your hands off of me to I promise to give my self to you.

This does not sound like a fast reaction to the situation. She let it go on quite some time. Maybe she was thinking about his offer before she decided to reject him.

What's the difference between a parson and a pardoner?

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I found two meanings to this. I guess he is one of the more honest thief's. a. It means that the millers are generally known to be dishonest in weighing the flour, so they use their hands to cheat their customers to increase their profits, so it is ironically used to say: “There is no such thing as an honest miller”. OR: b. It means: An honest miller is blessed because of his honesty that he can be rich and make a lot of money from his work. However, what I understood from Chaucer’s words is that he clearly uses the common saying “An honest miller hath a golden thumb” to express the first, ironic meaning which indicates that the Miller’s golden thumb helps him to increase his own profits

Does this mean he was holy but not exempt from sinner thoughts?

Don't know how these are related or how one could have helped with the other but it must have been impressive for him to be so well known.

Definition: a court which formerly sat at intervals in each county of England and Wales to administer the civil and criminal law. In 1972 the civil jurisdiction of assizes was transferred to the High Court, and the criminal jurisdiction to the Crown Court.

He is a savvy man with a lot in his mind but yet a mystery because he kept to him self and he did not share all his secrets.

Definition: a docile horse used for ordinary riding, especially by women.

This makes me think he is the lead inmate. Is he referring to the monk as trapped in his life?

Is he trying to say she is not fat for someone who eats this much?

I wonder how he knew how long a nightingale sleeps.

He is implying he is above citizens because they cant deal with greed like he can

She is using sex as a way to control her husband.

She enjoys having sex so much that she will please her husband when ever he wants. Time or moment will not matter. I wonder what she expects as payments for her job well done?

not generous; stingy

She is saying that she has nothing bad to say of those who choose to stay pure but this is not for everyone.

Do you think she will keep on marrying men the rest of her life? It doesn't sound like she is going to stop any time soon.

split or sever (something) especially along a natural line or gain

in a moment; very quickly

I don't understand this transition for the author. He goes form shocking not so shocking affair to the lord laying low and lurking. I had to reread this a couple time because O thought the lord caught them in bed.

Can't feel that bad if he lets her stay.

This paints such a tragic death for the hunted animals. If I had to kill my food I think I would just end up being a vegetarian.

Why is the male deer off limits during the closed season?

Are they beating the animals to death?

beaters definition a person employed to flush out or drive game animals for shooting by striking

This made me think of fox hunting.

Is the author saying that the knights are close to Jesus Christ? Or that they are worthy of going to heaven?

of a group of people) shout loudly and insistently

This makes me think of people gathering around to hear this great story that is about to unravel and aww everyone.

damage the reputation of (someone or something) in the opinion of others.

This might be why he is not liked by Arthur.

If they love each other so much why can't he stay. She cant say that he wants him to stay and but also say he can never see her again that is just nonsense. My conclusion right now is she married.

possession

Is the author using but in the sentence as an alternate word for only?

I find the use of removed strange here. Do they mean he was removed by force as in exiled?

a member of the lowest order of the British nobility. The term “Baron” is not used as a form of address in Britain, barons usually being referred to as “Lord.”.

I found this story in general a little boring and hard to follow. I lost interest after the first paragraph since I knew what was going to happen. That made it difficult for me to want to keep reading. I found the characters a little dumb and at some points I felt like the story was going in circles and their deaths were really stretched out. They say that a very fine line its a fine love between love and hate.

An avowal is an affirmation of the truth of what you believe.

This is foreshadowing that only of them will survive

For me part 3 has harder to follow. It seemed to me that we had stories within the story and that made it difficult. I was able to relatable because Beowulf at times seemed more human than in the prior stories. In this one he ages, feels fear, and unfortunately meets death as all mortals do someday. It gives more content that one can relate to. It showed me that it might seem silly to others and even foolish but age is but a number and if you believe in something you cant let your age determine weather you move forward or not.

Is one winter the same as a year? Why would his reign be measured in winters? Does a winter have a special meaning?

The author comments again on how the dragon can not be out during the day. Could this be when he is the weakest.

extremely severe or harmful in its effects

Why does the dragon have to wait until dusk to leave the mound? Is daylight his kryptonite?

The author using anthropomorphism in this line. Giving the dragon the ability to keep inventory of his treasure allowing him to know that he is missing but a single cup.

with courage and determination

Why is the dragon guarding this treasure? Did he find it and claim it for him self or was this a task given to him long ago and his master never returned?

a store of valuable or delightful things.

a festivity when much drinking takes place

to express deep sorrow for; lament

to increase in extent, quantity, intensity