This portion of Erec and Enide has my brain in all sorts of places. The dwarf, the adventure, the love, the vengeance, the violence was put into a jack in a box and once I started reading it all POPPED out like hey let me give you all this stuff to think about.
Erec exceeds humbling in my opinion when he gave his love to the maiden. He puts everything down for his love, which is sweet at first I guess because of course he wants to shower her with love and build a deeper connection with her but then I’m like okay my guy, get up and do something with your life, she’ll be there when you get back. Which is why I can see why the maiden beings to pity him. I also, see that they both care a little too much about what people think. I feel as though if people weren’t all up in their business and she hadn’t over heard their comments about Erec, she would have continued to be embraced by his love and blinded by it just as much as he was.
I even felt a slight pity for Erec too. Only because this is a man who has become vulernable to his maiden and is taking love on with full force and as soon as he does, he is looked at as a coward. Although, I feel like there could have been better ways to handle proving himself able of loving her and being a noble and brave night. I feel like he acted that way more out of anger and pride then, just regaining his dignity. He did not want her to say one word during his journey which was weird. I feel like he just took everything out on her and she was just trying to inform him about what others were saying so he doesn’t ruin his reputation but, also to relieve herself of the guilt she felt for her being the blame.
I love the great detail they go into
when explaining the characters and the battles that Erec involves himself in
even if there are a little more gruesome that I expected. Especially, when they
go into detail about the beauty of Enide, it gives us a little more than the
day dreaming beauty that could just be a figment of the guys imagination. The great
detail brings the story to life and creates more of an image in my head.
When I read, “Poverty humbles many
men” I was like TRRRUUUUUUEEEE!
Erec exceeds humbling in my opinion when he gave his love to the maiden. He puts everything down for his love, which is sweet at first I guess because of course he wants to shower her with love and build a deeper connection with her but then I’m like okay my guy, get up and do something with your life, she’ll be there when you get back. Which is why I can see why the maiden beings to pity him. I also, see that they both care a little too much about what people think. I feel as though if people weren’t all up in their business and she hadn’t over heard their comments about Erec, she would have continued to be embraced by his love and blinded by it just as much as he was.
I even felt a slight pity for Erec too. Only because this is a man who has become vulernable to his maiden and is taking love on with full force and as soon as he does, he is looked at as a coward. Although, I feel like there could have been better ways to handle proving himself able of loving her and being a noble and brave night. I feel like he acted that way more out of anger and pride then, just regaining his dignity. He did not want her to say one word during his journey which was weird. I feel like he just took everything out on her and she was just trying to inform him about what others were saying so he doesn’t ruin his reputation but, also to relieve herself of the guilt she felt for her being the blame.
India I could not agree more! I really think Erec was on a power trip through their journey. After Enide makes him aware that people are gossiping about him, he has to assert his power over his wife by asking her not to speak! This guy would not get very far by today's standards, but I think that's what I love the most about these stories!
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree that Erec could have handled the situation better. Enide didn't have to say anything about what the people were saying but she chose to inform him on it so that he could do something about it. They do care too much about what others think! I mean we are all guilty of this but I definitely can see how that made a ripple in the water for this story.
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