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The Importance Of Life In A Medieval Castle

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(Opening paragraph) Introductory sentence- life in a medieval castle is not a good place to live due to the serious situations that makes people not want to stay because “the rooms are extremely cold”, “it has a really bad smell” and “the windows are extremely small to look out of.” People would not think it is a safe place to stay overnight due to it being uncomfortable for a living circumstance, and finding a better way to make it more stable for everyone to feel like there at home. Overall back then the Medieval castles was very destructive and dangerous, therefore living in a medieval castle may not be a good place to live. Today when we look at a castles they are a lot bigger, has more windows, a better smell and even shows a reflection of the castle in the water. (Second paragraph) Introductory sentence- The Hall was elevated to the upper story of the castle and the entrance had a side door that led to …show more content…

It had a very bad smell due to rats being in their and by the castle being built many years ago caused severe issues with everyone living their and they were not able to have any type of privacy. “The kitchen was always filled with busied work from everyone”, “They would always prepare food and “the servants always made sure they had everything” and “they would always make sure that other people were taken care of first”. They were only allowed to use the water at certain times which caused a huge problem for everyone and all of the toilets in each room were dirty and caused a sewerage problem for everyone living in the castle. Overall the medieval castle was filled with cross symbols, statues, had plenty of walkways etc. but today when people go to visit castles it looks a lot more different than it did during the medieval ages and when everything was a

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