- ter reading the Epic of Sundiata, discuss various cultural values you have learned about the people of Mali/Africa. Remember you should cite various values you recognize in the epic as you discuss how each is informative to you about the rich African/Mali cultural experience.
- After reading the play, Oedipus the King, discuss the relevance of the play to our contemporary society. Remember you should cite various examples of what happens in the play and examples of similar things that happen in our contemporary society.
- Having read Charles Chaucer’s the Canterbury Tales’ General Prologue, Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale, conduct some research to explain how this story reveals the moral order of medieval life:
- Address key ideas such as the nature of institution of marriage during the medieval times,
- the place of women in medieval society,
- men attitudes towards women,
- the role of the Church in shaping the institution of marriage,
- why you think Chaucer chose a female narrator/character to tell this tale, and
- the moral of this story, among other things.
- In the essay one paragraph towards the end should illustrate how moral order of medieval life is different from moral order in our day to day life experience (modern life).
N/B: Remember you should cite various examples of what happens in the play and examples of similar things that happen in our contemporary society