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 * Consider our current EQ: To what extent can a person's decisions and/or actions change his/her life and the **** lives of ot **** hers? How has this been reflected in the behaviors, choices, and/or actions of Eleanor and Louis thus far? Provide specific examples and textual quotes to support your thoughts **** . **

Louis has bean effected a lot by the actions and personality of his wife, Eleanor. Eleanor is a strong- minded woman who likes to be in control. Her personality is a lot more fierce that her looks, which are gentle and beautiful. This pushes Louis outside his boundaries to match the power of Eleanor in their marriage. Before the marriage, Louis was a kind man and didn't like to order people around. He accepted the fact that he wasn't the chief, or at least he didn't act like he was one. However, within his marriage, he had to push himself to be a leader, to act more like a king. "Your bad behavior will end with that remark. Tomorrow we close the ranks and head for port, and as for you Eleanor, close your mouth and do likewise"(Konigsburg 62) said Louis. He would never have spoken to anyone like that, especially to a wife like Eleanor. Eleanor's personality and actions changed him to make him more of a leader and to be speak frankly. This connects to the EQ because Eleanor changed who Louis is and how he lives his life. This is just one example of how Eleanor changed Louis.

This shows the mood swings Louis went through. First, he was nice, but after marriage, he turned strict and mean.

Discuss the idea of Divine Justice and why Abbot Bernard thinks Geoffrey died because of this. IF Divine Justice DOES exist, how does it connect with our EQ: To what extend can a person's decisions and/or actions change his/her life and the lives of others?

Divine justice is the idea that god has let a natural disaster kill someone because of his or her actions.  According  to Abbot Bernard ,Geoffrey, Matilda's husband, died because of this. It was a fever that literally killed him, but god was the one that cast the disease upon him. I don't believe this is true. "If Geoffrey were the sinner Abbot Bernard believed him to be, then why would he die // after // he had been restored to the church?" said Matilda about the death(Konigsburg 84). This shows evidence of how Geoffrey wasn't killed by divine justice. I f he was so sinful, he would have died before he was clean. It connects to the EQ because if you die because of your own actions, it not only effects you, but your friends and family have to deal with a death that you caused. It would put them through something they didn't deserve to be put through. That is the main reason why Geoffrey didn't die because of divine justice, and why divine justice is a bad thing to experience.

Why are Eleanor and Matilda against Becket being appointed archbishop? Why was Henry for it? What might the outcome be?

= Henry wants to appoint Becket as the archbishop, but Eleanor and Matilda are very much against it for a number of reasons. One reason is the fact that Becket won't be as good of an arch bishop as some other people. "Find someone else to be archbishop of Canterbury, someone who will listen to you." "Mother, mother! Don't you know Thomas"(115)? This was Matilda and Eleanor talking about Henry's choice for archbishop. They were thinking out loud when they found a much better choice, Thomas. They found this name fast, so that just proves even more how Henry could have made a better choice. This is a big reason why Matilda and Eleanor didn't like Henry's choice for archbishop. =



This is how Geoffrey felt when Abbot sugar said he had divine justice.

Consider the EQ: To what extent can a person's decisions and/or actions change his/her life or the lives of others? Now, how do Eleanor and King Henry's methods of teaching differ? How do their methods connect to the EQ and affect the lives of Young Henry and Richard? Be specific in your responses and discuss BOTH characters.

Eleanor and King Henry had very different methods of mentoring their children. King Henry's job was to mentor Young Henry, and Eleanor mentored Richard. Despite the fact that King Henry is a king, obviously, he he mentored Henry in a less harsher way than Eleanor did to Richard. "I am tired of being your errand boy. I want something besides titles. I want a court of my own"(Konigsburg 154). This shows how Young Henry was annoyed with the fact that his father wasn't getting him ready for a king, and it felt like he was a servant for his father. He wanted a queen, a caste, and a court of his own, but it didn't feel like he was going to get that. His brother Richard, on the other hand, was being treated like he already had the Aquitaine. "He took part in every ceremony, sat by his mother in every court and while she collected taxes. He learned everything about government right by her mother"(139). What a big difference in the mentoring. Young Henry was even supposed to be a King, which was a higher standard than what Richard would be, but he was mentored like he was never going to be anything in life. It is crazy how much different the mentoring was, even though the standard of the kids were opposite of how they were mentored.

Consider the Courts of Love established by Eleanor and Marie. Also consider the articles read in class based on the rules of courtly love (the WebQuest). How have those rules affected how men treat women today? When/where do we see these played out the most?

Courts of Love established by Eleanor and Marie have really effected the way men have treated women today. If it weren't for the Courts of Love, men would probably be a lot less polite for the women. For instance, every night, my dad asks my mom, "Hey, can I help you with anything?" He would probably not do this and not care for her as much if the Courts of Love never were. I mostly see or hear it when I go out to dinner with my family. Whether it is my family or someone else's, if you pay attention, it is ev erywhere. Pulling out chairs, standing up when women come to the table and many more polite-full things are all because of the Courts of Love.

This is a photo of the courts of love, created by Eleanor and Marie.