TheatreHonourDefence

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v = uu = vi = jf = svv = w

VVife = wise not wife

Read and analyze sections from Charles Gibbon's 1591 A Work Worth the Reading to discover that the issue was far from black and white even four hundred years ago.

Discuss each point carefully with your partner before you record your responses.

Be prepared to explain your response in a class discussion.

1. Identify the lines or phrases which describe the man that the young woman wants to marry.

2. Indentify the lines or phrases that describe the man her father wants her to marry.

3. Determine which line poses the issue to be debated.

4. Isolate the one phrase that best sums up Tychius’ position.

5. Isolate the one phrase that best sums up Philogus’ postion.

Tychius Philogus

1. 1.

2. 2.

3. 3.

In two columns list briefly in your own words the examples each uses to strengthen his argument.

Summarize the arguments Tychius uses to support his position.

Summarize the arguments Philogus uses to support his position.