t share his views. He makes sure to state in lines 180-183 that the characters do not know who hid God is, so the characters that he wrote about would not be that far different than the people he associated with in his life. In my opinion, both authors did an excellent job of conveying life at that time based on how life was presented to them. I do feel that Chaucer has the more affirmative view of life simply because he has more knowledge of it. He was able to see the many facets of the classes of his time, and because of that he was able to give a more accurate description medieval life. Part II:2.Discuss one of the two following statements with reference to the selections from Morte Darthur and Beowulf assigned: 1) In the epic, men are presented as women would like for them to be, while in the Romance, women are presented as men would like for them to be. 2) In the epic, women are presented as men would like for them to be, while in the Romance, men are presented as women would like for them to be.Epics are stories that almost all men are enthralled with, and fantasize about being involved with the resolution of. Every aspect of the epic hero is what men wish that they are, and more importantly how others view them. This fantasy of being the epic hero also reflects their views on women, that they would like them to act like the women presented to us in the epic stories. Women in the epics basically put men on a pedestal and treat them as if they are extremely important in their society and deserve special treatment because the mans role is more important than the womans. Of course the women do not truly believe this, but they still do perform these actions and make the men feel most important. In lines 612-641 of Beowulf, the author describes Wealhtheow, the queen. He conveys her actions in all of the ways that men, then and now, would like women to treat them. She comes in serving all of them drinks all the while tell...
