These videos show images of both a stage representation of Shakepeare's play (in which the wardrobe and characterization show resemblance to the historical period the author depicted in his work) and a clip of the Royal Shakespeare Company's production from 1976. Curiously enough, this adaptation was also a musical.
Notice that in the second video the setting seems to have shifted from a high class Renassaince family to a modern middle class group of individuals. However, elements of farce such as exaggeration and physical comedy are still there.
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Monday, 15 November 2010
''The Battle of Maldon'' and ''The Canterbury Tales'' in Old/Middle English
The Medium
He loves religion and the people
that redeem their sins;
his little putrid fellow always bring news
about the next victim under fire.
He follows the Lord rules,
but he does whatever he wants;
he is the protector of his people,
saints belogings and bones.
His good will always is rewarded
with his big wallet,
and his innocence and honesty
can be clearly show in the soul and body.
POSTED BY BRIAN PAEZ
Canterbury-Riddles
1.
A well dressed man going in pilgrimage to Canterbury is accompanied by his tedious talk about his increase of capital and the need of sea-police here and there. He is the expert of experts at dabbling in exchanges, as in loans, bargains, and negotiation. An excellent fellow, but neither I nor you would never know his name.
2.
A thin gentleman, riding a horse thinner than him, carries a sober stare with him to Canterbury. An unworldly air surrounds him, he is grateful to those who helped him and so he prays for them with devotion and truth, he never speaks a word more than is need, he is so discreet, and as willingly as he learned he would then teach.
3.
A man poor and rich at the same time, he was of good renown, going to Canterbury together with his brother. A noble example he gave to his sheep—always thinking to himself that if gold rust, what will then iron do? He was a shepherd and no mercenary, never contemptuous, disdainful, never too proud or fine, he was a business man—he tried his best to gain souls for Heaven working on earth, not looking for pomp and glory, just for his Savior up above.
4.
Hot and lecherous, face on fire, no ointment, no cream would clean his disgusting look. He would make children run as fast as he would drink bottles of wine and shout and jabber like a madman, not in English no no no but in latin oh yes! he would do it at the best style of a parrot talking hollow empty words as he ate his garlic and his onions and his leeks as if he had no pimples on his cheeks.
5.
This noble man of the peasant class went steadily doing his job and loving God with all his heart; always loving his fellows just as himself. To Canterbury, he took with him his humbleness, his love of Christ, and his benevolence.
A well dressed man going in pilgrimage to Canterbury is accompanied by his tedious talk about his increase of capital and the need of sea-police here and there. He is the expert of experts at dabbling in exchanges, as in loans, bargains, and negotiation. An excellent fellow, but neither I nor you would never know his name.
2.
A thin gentleman, riding a horse thinner than him, carries a sober stare with him to Canterbury. An unworldly air surrounds him, he is grateful to those who helped him and so he prays for them with devotion and truth, he never speaks a word more than is need, he is so discreet, and as willingly as he learned he would then teach.
3.
A man poor and rich at the same time, he was of good renown, going to Canterbury together with his brother. A noble example he gave to his sheep—always thinking to himself that if gold rust, what will then iron do? He was a shepherd and no mercenary, never contemptuous, disdainful, never too proud or fine, he was a business man—he tried his best to gain souls for Heaven working on earth, not looking for pomp and glory, just for his Savior up above.
4.
Hot and lecherous, face on fire, no ointment, no cream would clean his disgusting look. He would make children run as fast as he would drink bottles of wine and shout and jabber like a madman, not in English no no no but in latin oh yes! he would do it at the best style of a parrot talking hollow empty words as he ate his garlic and his onions and his leeks as if he had no pimples on his cheeks.
5.
This noble man of the peasant class went steadily doing his job and loving God with all his heart; always loving his fellows just as himself. To Canterbury, he took with him his humbleness, his love of Christ, and his benevolence.
The Battle of Maldon
NARDIS TORRES
An Approach Given Where the Battle of Maldon Took Place
An Approach Given Where the Battle of Maldon Took Place
The ancient causeway linking Northey Island to the south bank of the Blackwater estuary just east of Maldon is considered by many to be the most likely site of the Battle of Maldon. This was fought on August 10th or 11th 991 between an English army led by the veteran ealdorman Byrhtnoth and a professional ship-borne army of Danes.
View across to Northey Island from the south bank of the Blackwater at low tide with the causeway uncovered (author's photograph, August 1991).
The entry for the year 991 in the a manuscript of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle seems to say after a raid on Ipswich the Danes were led at Maldon by the famous Norwegian king Olaf Tryggvason, but this entry has almost certainly been confused with the events of 994. It seems more probable that the Danes at Maldon were led by their own king, Sweyn Forkbeard, son of King Harald Bluetooth of Denmark (builder of the Danish ring-fortresses, such as Trelleborg on Sjalland, and of the royal centre at Jelling in Jutland).
The Battle of Maldon took place on August 10th, 991, near to Maldon beside the River Blackwater in Essex, England, during the reign of Ethelred the Unready. The Anglo-Saxons, led by Byrhtnoth, fought against a Viking invasion. The battle ended with the Anglo-Saxon’s defeat.
Sunday, 14 November 2010
The Franklin
He was a traveling companion to the lawyer. He is wealthy, but of noble birth. He enjoys luxurious living. The Franklin is a connoisseur of food and wine. He depicts gluttony. The narrator dislikes him because he wastes resources.
The Doctor
He is not a religious figure; indeed, he rarely read the Bible. He practices his treatments on people. During this time the balance of the “humorous” in the body was thought to be the key to health and disease. Besides, the narrator suggests that the doctor obtains economical revenues by prescribing medicines to the patients, since it was common during those times for doctors and druggists to have a moneymaking alliance.
He was a traveling companion to the lawyer. He is wealthy, but of noble birth. He enjoys luxurious living. The Franklin is a connoisseur of food and wine. He depicts gluttony. The narrator dislikes him because he wastes resources.
The Doctor
He is not a religious figure; indeed, he rarely read the Bible. He practices his treatments on people. During this time the balance of the “humorous” in the body was thought to be the key to health and disease. Besides, the narrator suggests that the doctor obtains economical revenues by prescribing medicines to the patients, since it was common during those times for doctors and druggists to have a moneymaking alliance.
The Wife of the Bath 
She is an excellent seamstress and weaver. She has been has been in different pilgrimages to Jerusalem and other parts of Europe. Chaucer likes this character because she is honest. Unlike the other religious figures in the pilgrimage, she goes the Canterbury Cathedral faithfully to clean her sins. She has had five husbands; all of her marriages were legitimate and recognized by the church. The wife of the Bath´s gap-teeth suggests that she knows very well the art of love.
She is an excellent seamstress and weaver. She has been has been in different pilgrimages to Jerusalem and other parts of Europe. Chaucer likes this character because she is honest. Unlike the other religious figures in the pilgrimage, she goes the Canterbury Cathedral faithfully to clean her sins. She has had five husbands; all of her marriages were legitimate and recognized by the church. The wife of the Bath´s gap-teeth suggests that she knows very well the art of love.
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