Creative Presentation

by Claudia Tan

“Al his kingdom he forsoke; Bot a sclavin on him he toke.He no hadde kirtel no hode,Schert, ne no nother gode,Bot his harp he tok algate And dede him barfot out atte gate;No man most with him go.”

- l.227-33 , “Sir Orfeo”

“in Ovid, Virgil, and Boethius, the primary sources of the Orpheus story in the Middle Ages, Orpheus enters the underworld to attempt the recovery of Eurydice”

- pg16, “The Significance of Sir Orfeo’s Self-Exile”, Kenneth R. R. Gros Louis

“Orfeo was a king,In Inglond an heighe lording,A stalworth man and hardi bo; Large and curteys he was also.”

- l.39-42 , “Sir Orfeo”

so stalworth

WOW

such hardi

such heighe

very curteys

“By humbly abandoning his material pleasures and donning the mantle of a pilgrim, Orfeo indicates his acceptance of the loss of Heurodis and his recognition of the proper role of man on earth.”

- pg249, “The Significance of Sir Orfeo’s Self-Exile”, Kenneth R. R. Gros Louis-

CHOSEN ELEMENT:

Orfeo submitting to a higher power through self-exile, and rewarded with the return of Heurodis

Must be like King Orfeo!!!

CHOSEN ELEMENT:

Orfeo submitting to a higher power through self-exile, and rewarded with return of Heurodis

HOW I UPDATE THE ELEMENT:

Father not submitting to a higher power, and does not get rewarded (daughter’s body rots away because he doesn’t give her a proper burial)

FICTIONAL EPISTLE

“Millennials have grown up in one of the fastest evolving decades of technology in human history. [...] The Internet is an emotional double-edged sword (among other things). It allows us to never forget. It also forces us to never forget; to remain nostalgic.”

- Mandwee, Rima. “A Constant Stroll Down Memory Lane”

Must not be like Meg’s

father!!!

Must be like King Orfeo!!!

Works CitedKenneth R. R. Gros Louis. “The Significance of Sir Orfeo's Self-Exile.” The Review of English Studies, vol. 18, no. 71, 1967, pp. 245–252. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/512215.

Mandwee, Rima. “A Constant Stroll Down Memory Lane: The Millennial Obsession With Nostalgia.” Gnovis - Journal of Communication, Culture & Technology (CCT), Georgetown University, 7 Mar. 2017, www.gnovisjournal.org/2017/03/07/the-constant-stroll-down-memory-lane-the-millennial-obsession-with-nostalgia/.

“Sir Orfeo.” Edited by Anne Laskaya and Eve Salisbury, Robbins Library Digital Projects, University of Rochester, d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/laskaya-and-salisbury-middle-english-breton-lays-sir-orfeo.