When Christ and His Saints Slept summaries and notes by Danielle Terry

Summaries and notes


Title: When Christ and His Saints Slept Antagonist: Stephen and he was a dynamic character because he at first was nice, then he changed into a selfish man, and he also broke promises and showed many different sides of his personality.
Author: Sharon Kay Penman Climax: When Maude and Stephen go through with war and the different battles.
Setting: In the 1000’s in all of Europe (England, France, Normandy, Wales, Denmark, ect.) Opening Situation: When the people aboard the White Ship sink, including the king’s son making Maude the king’s successor.
Protagonist: Maude and she was a static character throughout the story, because she remained the same. Resolution and Theme: The resolution was when Eustace died and William was given the crown and the theme is bad deeds always come back to you.
Conflict: King Henry names Maude as his successor, but when he dies Stephen claims the throne instead of Maude. Tools used: irony by Eustace’...