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Category: Why read the classics

Mr. Darcy on Tinder

16. March 201919. August 2019 ~ leaalineh ~ Leave a comment

“My good opinion, once lost, is lost forever” states Mr. Darcy in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Austen’s novel tells the story of the five Bennet sisters, and their approaches to the concepts of marriage and love in early nineteenth-century England. As the main character Elizabeth Bennet meets Mr. Darcy, she is ill-disposed by his … Continue reading Mr. Darcy on Tinder

Our own pilgrimage

23. February 201919. August 2019 ~ leaalineh ~ Leave a comment

The pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer want to pay their respect to Saint Thomas Becket, who was killed on the order of king Henry II, by visiting his tomb. “Whoever best acquits himself, and tells/ The most amusing and instructive tale, / Shall have a dinner, paid for by us all” are … Continue reading Our own pilgrimage

Anglo-Saxon Slang

9. February 201919. August 2019 ~ leaalineh ~ Leave a comment

The epic poem Beowulf is arguably one of the most important works of English Literature. Written in Old English by an unknown author, the original manuscript is approximately over 1.000 years old. The language of Beowulf is not comparable to any other text, and I began searching for reasons why the language appeared to be … Continue reading Anglo-Saxon Slang

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