Book of Margery Kempe

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Why does Margery Kempe break down into sobbing when she has visions of Jesus? This has to be a 3-4 page paper. There is no specific answer, just explore the text and suggest an answer.

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Book of Margery Kempe
Margery Kempe’s Novel the Book of Margery Kempe presents a woman that experiences
a life full of tragedy resulting from her complete dedication to God. The main protagonist
Margery a woman from King’s Lynn English Town is married to a man named John. She
receives a series of nervous breakdown and starts to see gruesome evil spirits around her soon
after giving birth to her first child. She recovers after getting a revelation from Jesus Christ and
decides to be fully devoted to the meditation and sanctity of God. One of the hardest situations
she is faced with is convincing her husband to live a celibate life with her; however, this only
succeeded after the birth of fourteen children. After a while, her brewing business failed which
made her believe that God wanted her to shun from things of the world. The devotion to Jesus
that Kempe had can be considered highly dramatic and emotional. During her Christia...

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