Wat Tyler's Life-Personal Narrative
Our story takes place in Kent, a nice county based in South England. Our show takes place in 1381, following our main character, Wat Tyler, as he tries to get through these hard times. Our first scene opens with him sitting and thinking about all that he has lost, and all that he may lose. The room is empty and sad, just like Wat himself. He may be a scrappy lad, but he is brave, courageous, and loyal. Most of his family is dead, so he just continues on having no real fun except drinking his problems away. His village is muddy, dirty, and old, but all the peasants still love it because it is their home. After the Hundred Years’ War, the King demanded high taxes to repay the war. In Smithfield, King Richard II, a thirteen-year-old boy with a
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The church is one of the nicest buildings with its large stone walls and elaborate stained glass patterns. Nearly all the peasants come and pray. Wat Tyler prays that the King will stop taxing and that he will have enough money to still have food and a place to sleep by the end of the month. All the peasants around him pray the same thoughts. The rest of the day the they had to work. The next day, the King grows angry that he is barely getting any money so he tries to increase the taxes even more. That same day, Wat Tyler is sitting on some grass drinking ale, and reflecting on his life.
Sitting on the grass, Wat watches a radical priest ranting that peasants need more rights with barely anybody gathering around. The priest is tall and lanky, but he speaks as if he is the strongest man in all the land. His voice is loud and hard to ignore. As the days go on and the taxes grow higher, soon the radical priest rapidly gains supporters. The King is so young and immature, so the peasants think that they are too good to pay their money to such a young boy. When an old, grumpy royal official, John Bampton, visits the village multiple times, the peasants increasingly get angry. Prior to the revolt, the peasants start getting angrier and angrier, and soon they will unleash
The church is one of the nicest buildings with its large stone walls and elaborate stained glass patterns. Nearly all the peasants come and pray. Wat Tyler prays that the King will stop taxing and that he will have enough money to still have food and a place to sleep by the end of the month. All the peasants around him pray the same thoughts. The rest of the day the they had to work. The next day, the King grows angry that he is barely getting any money so he tries to increase the taxes even more. That same day, Wat Tyler is sitting on some grass drinking ale, and reflecting on his life.
Sitting on the grass, Wat watches a radical priest ranting that peasants need more rights with barely anybody gathering around. The priest is tall and lanky, but he speaks as if he is the strongest man in all the land. His voice is loud and hard to ignore. As the days go on and the taxes grow higher, soon the radical priest rapidly gains supporters. The King is so young and immature, so the peasants think that they are too good to pay their money to such a young boy. When an old, grumpy royal official, John Bampton, visits the village multiple times, the peasants increasingly get angry. Prior to the revolt, the peasants start getting angrier and angrier, and soon they will unleash