CLASS MINUTES: 12/1

Today in class we went over the Knight's tale and started the squire. These were the notes from today:

Knight:

-Prithous is a noble/friend of Theseus

-he is also friends with Arcita and pleads with Theseus to release Arcita

-Arcita is freed but exiled from Athens and cannot see his love, Emily

-Palamon sees Arcita living better life

-Palamon wants Emily's love

-He sees Emily, but can't win her love

-Knight asks: Who has it worse?

-The God, Mercury tell Arcita to seek out Emily even though he is exiled

-Being in jail for so long, Arcita is unrecognizable, so he sneeks back into Athens in disguise

-Arcita works for Emily

he is honored by Theseus and promoted to squire

-he becomes rich and Theseus confids in him

-Palamon has been in jail for 7 years and escapes by drugging his jailer

-he flees to Thebes to find his friends to help him win a war against Theseus and Arcita and win Emily's love

-outside Athens, Palamon and Arcita run into eachother

-Both love Emily and want to marry her

-They meet in the woods to fight

-Theseus, Hippolyta, and Emily are hunting in the same woods and hear the fight

-Theseus stops the fight, and threatens to kill them both

-Hippolyta and Emily cry, Theseus relents and doesn't kill them

-H realizes both of them love Emily a lot

-He declares that they have 50 days to prepare for a battle royal against each other and the winner will marry Emily

-They are allowed 50 warriors each

-Theseus builds an amphitheater for the fight, dedicated to Venus and Mercury (goddess of love and god of war)

-Theseus holds a feast the night before the battle royal

-Palamon prays to Aphrodite, goddess of love

-Emily prays to Diana, goddess of chastity

-Arcita prays to Mars, god of war

-The day of the battle, everyone is there

-Warriors are injured, killed, etc.

-Arcita is stronger and wins, but Theseus has him not kill Palamon

-Arcita rides around on his horse in victory, but falls off and lands on his head and is badly injured

-He soon dies afterward

-Theseus gives Arcita a noble funeral

-Emily realizes both of them loved her a lot

-Palamon comes to the funeral, him and Arcita were very good friends

-Theseus has Palamon and Emily marry

-Mars granted Arcita victory, Aphrodite granted Emily to Palamon, and Dianna granted Emily the person who loved her the most

Squire: 

-son of the knight, training to become a knight himself

-skilled in combat

-big on appearance, trying to get the ladies

-poetic, can sing, plays flute

-big player of the game "Courtly Love"

-His tale is a fragmentary tale

those were all the notes for today. Tomorrow, Mr. Lazarow will be finishing the squire's tale and then we begin the other presentations starting with me, then Andrew, and then Celia.

Mickey Gill