In my Middle English Literature class, we're giving 'conference' presentations--basically reading aloud a twenty minute version (8-10 pages) of your term paper. Let's be honest. What we write in those things belongs on the printed page, not the human tongue. While writing, we revel in long, complex sentences, seamless insertion of quotes, and unpronouncable vocabulary. By the fifth one of these in an afternoon, my attention was...let's just say waning. So, with the help of a complicit classmate, we embarked on Medieval MASH!* And so I give you my Medieval future:
Living in a mansion...
I will own
four books.
I will be an
lady,
wench,
evil fairy,
anchoress.
I will marry
Gawain,
King Olaf,
lovesick lyric poet,
Piers Plowman.
He will work as a
merchant,
field hand,
priest,
knight.
The language I know will be
French,
none/illiterate,
vulgar English,
Latin.
My favorite deadly sin will be
gluttony,
jealousy,
wrath,
sloth.
My favorite sermon topic will be
chastity,
levels of the estates,
generosity,
joining a convent.
*I will say we actually have played this before with other topics, the best of which is Harry Potter MASH.
2 comments:
OMG, this is hilarious. I love that your favorite sermon topic is joining a convent. That sounds just like you. : )
I ABSOLUTELY love this game. It's incredible.
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