TENSION CREATES LITERATURE

Presentation by: McCall Christensen

English 236

The Works…

The Twelfth

Night

The Canterbury Tales

Beowulf

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Dream of the

Rood

HISTORY OF THE ROOD

Dream of the RoodSacrifice

Passive Active

Tensio

n!

The Middle AgesTensio

n!

Commoners

Church

Nobility

The Canterbury Tales Featurin

g:

Troubles in the 16th Century

1. Woman in POWER2. Religious

Disagreement3. Invading countries4. Conspiracy

Tensio

n!

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So…What Do All of These

Problems Have in Common with

The Twelfth Night?

THESIS: TENSION CREATES LITERATURE

A common theme and finding in these works is the use of the following Tensions

• Culture

• Religion

• Gender

to address problems of the time. These tensions are presented in almost every literary work

Have Ye Any

Questions?