Ex 1 pag 97

1. Bow and arrows
2. Knife
3. Sword
4. Dogs
5. Horse

Ex 1 pag 98

Lord Randal is retured from hunting in the forest. His mother is waiting from him and sees that there is something wrong, he looks unfìwell. She questions him and learns where he has been. She suspects that he did not just go hunting but wen to meet someone. He revels he met his true-love and that gave him some eels to eat. Then he gave some of the meal to his animals, and they died. The mother concludes that Lord Randal has been poisoned. He agrees and says that not only is he sick but also sick at heart and wants to lie down. The mother is worried about the consequences of his death and wants to know what he will leave to his family. He replies that he will leave twenty milk cows to his mother, gold and silver to his sister, his houses and lands to his brother. When she asks him what his true-love will get, he answers he will leave her hell and fire.

Ex 2 pag 98

1. In each stanza the first two lines are the mother’s question, while the last two are Lord Randal’s answers.
2. “I’m wearied wi hunting” and “fain wad lie doon”.
3. Only the sixth stanza does not contain a question because in which the mother understands that Lord Randal has been poisoned.
4. The dialogue focuses on two topics. Which stanzas are about:
   - Lord Randal’s meeting in the woods? à 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
   - Lord Randal’s oral testament? à 7, 8, 9, 10

Ex 3 pag 98

1. The words pointing out Lord Randal’s position in medieval society are: “Lord”, “handsome young man”, “hunting”, “my hawks and my hounds”, “my gold and my silver”, “my houses and my lands”.
2. In the Middle Ages, the will was important because it sanctioned the passage of goods from generation to generation. It was concentrated in the hands of the eldest son of the family so that the estate would not divide.

Ex 4 pag 99

The dialogue mother-son is factual. The mother seems to be very worried about the condition of the child who instead continues to give orders to the mother even on the verge of death, imposing his superiority as a male.

Ex 5 pag 99

In the Middle Ages woods and forest were considered as mysterious, dangerous places, often inhabited by supernatural creatures, wizards and witches. The fact that the beloved woman lives in the forest also implies a danger. in fact, she was the cause of Lord Randal's poisoning. Thus, the reader can understand his true-love is a witch or another creature with human features.

Ex 6 pag 99

The symbol of her false love is constituted by the eels, which have poisoned Lord Randal.

Ex 7 pag 99