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?