![]() ![]() What attitudes to women are shown by Prior Philip and William Hamleigh? How do Agnes, Ellen and Aliena respond to society’s expectations?.Is this accurately reflected in The Pillars of the Earth? Women were second-class citizens in medieval society and the church.Are the factual scenes told from the point of view of the real-life characters, or the fictional ones? Are the fictional characters major or minor players in the big historical events of the time?.Why does the author mix fact and fiction like this? Although The Pillars of the Earth is fiction, it includes some real-life characters and incidents from history, such as King Stephen at the battle of Lincoln, and the murder of Thomas Becket.What is different about the author’s purpose in these two scenes? The number of words of one syllable the length of sentences the length of paragraphs the adjectives used.Why do you think the author writes this way? Compare the last scene of the same chapter. ![]() Read the first scene in Chapter 10 and think about the prose style.How does the building of the cathedral satisfy the ambitions of the main characters – Tom Builder, Prior Philip, Aliena and Jack? How does it affect the lives of other important characters in the story?. ![]()
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