Lady Jane Grey died for treason against Queen Mary. She was beheaded. Once again, religion comes into play with this reading as well. When she spoke her last words, she stated that she will die “a true Christian” (675) and that she will be saved by “the mercy of God, in the blood of his only Son Jesus Christ” (675).

There is even a movie about Lady Jane Grey with her romance with her husband Lord Guildford Dudley and her Nine Day reign as queen.

Is Lady Jane Grey a martyr  or a traitor? Martyr is defined as “a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs” and traitor is defined as “a person who betrays a friend, country, principle, etc”.

Lady Jane Grey was only 16 or 17 years old at the time and I believe she was brave. She was an innocent girl and I believe she was a martyr instead of a traitor.

Utopia is “a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions”, according to Merriam Webster. Instead of a utopia, it’s more of like a dystopia.

Reminds me of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 that I read in high school. It was a dystopia. This comic is a twist on Fahrenheit 451.

Can we really have a utopia in a dystopian era?  Can everyone actually be happy and live in harmony, live in peace with each other? Can it really be attainable?

The pronunciation of “utopia” can just as well be associated with “eu-topia,” which in Greek means “happy place.” Happiness, More might have suggested, is something we can only imagine. – New York Times

I remember watching The Jetsons when I was young and wanting to have flying cars and all these cool gadgets. That was my dream and in a way my utopia when I was younger. I wanted to have everything that they had and they looked happy.

In “The Book of Margery Kempe”, Margery Kempe chooses between her husband and her faith with Christ. Her faith came in between her marriage life with her husband. It makes me think if she is suitable as a wife and as a mother.

A wife can still have a happy marriage and still have strong faith. Religion can bring people together or break them apart. Maybe if Margery Kempe and her husband shared the faith, they would have a happy marriage.

Religion seems to be important in medieval times. In The Dream of the Rood, it discusses Christ on the cross. Religion comes into play with a lot of the readings.

The Trinity is described as “our maker, the Trinity is our keeper, the Trinity is our everlasting lover, the Trinity is endless joy and our bliss….” – A Book of Showings, p. 374

I actually want to do something like this for my wedding, sing a duet with my husband. I think it’ll be nice and sweet!

Pilgrimage – a pilgrim’s journey synonyms: religious journey, religious expedition, hajj, crusade, mission

Going on a religious journey to Canterbury must have been hard.

Reminds me of a time where I went on a church retreat in June 2015 and I was a Sunday School teacher.

A comic book version of The Canterbury Tales with a twist:

• Medieval pilgrims traveling on motorcycles

In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay,

Redy to wenden on my pilgrimage

To Canterbury with ful devout corage,

At night was come into that hostelrye

Wel nine and twenty in a compaigyne

Of sondry folk, by aventure yfalle

In felaweshipe, and pilgrimes were they alle

That toward Canterbury wolden ride.

– Lines 20-27 (219)