Third Assignment: The Moral Issues in Books 4 and 5 of Piers Ploughman

Please read Books 4 and 5. Think about how the moral issues raised in these (and earlier) books are posed within the book, then receive a resolution of sorts at the end of each book, only to be posed again in different terms in the next book.

* Is Langland suggesting that there are well-known, traditional answers to the moral questions he poses?

* Is he suggesting that these answers, though they are all that exist, are not sufficient?

* Is he suggesting that these sufficient answers are accepted less and less?

Pick one or two examples of these moral issues and examine how they are resolved; and how they remain UNresolved. "Lady Fee" is one example; can you find others?

Written Assignment: Write about 350 words. Email to your group and to me.