OKAY WHAT A STORY FULL OF WTF! Sir
Gowther tells about his life from birth to death. If is the son of a fiend and
has an evil life ahead of him after conception under that chestnut tree.
DO NOT GO INTO THE ORCHARD! Okay so
poor MOM. She literately thought this man was her husband and made love to him
and she was deceived for it. I feel slight sympathy for her because all she
wanted to do was please her husband with a child and she was deceived into
conceiving a doomed man eating child who did tore off nipples. I am starting to
believe women should not go into the orchard because Sir Orfeo wife and the
wife in this tale got into trouble going into the orchard.
After finding out the truth of his
father he travels to receive absolution from his sins from the Pope. The pope
tells him that he cannot speak and can only eat things that dogs eat. So
picture him eating under a table with hounds.
I think its great that they fight
in different colors every day because before we were told that people were
known for their armor. The color and intricacy of the armor identifies who the
knight it and no one know who these knights are. I think this is awesome
because they conduct themselves so well in the world of combat and I know people
want to give them recognition but they can’t because they cannot identify who
they are. They only person who knows
about this, is the emperorer;s daughter who is mute and she cannot tell anyone
anything.
She falls from her tower when she
sees Sir Gowther wounded badly in the last day of their battle. They thought
that she was dead but she came to, and told everyone that god has forgiven Sir
Gowther for his sins and now they can both speak again. I think its touching
that he repents for his sins and receives his blessing for following “gods”
will.
I dont understand the whole thing about her not knowing it wasnt her husband so for some reason I find this crazy I dont necessarily feel bad. How could she not know the whole time they were "making love," it just seems absolutely ridiculous. lol I honestly thought the story was so ridiculous that it was comical even though I can imagine it might not have been meant to be lol.
ReplyDeleteLol I'll agree with your "Women should not go into orchards." It's almost like women should go to the bathroom by themselves - Hermione got attacked by a troll, Myrtle died, and Katie got cursed (Harry Potter). What I find interesting about this story, is that we're told that Sir Gowther is Merlin's half-brother by the same father. In one of Merlin's origin stories, his incubus father impregnates a sleeping maiden, and she is almost executed for it. Merlin, however, prevents it, as the 2 week or 2 month hairy baby that he is. What I find to be most interesting about this is that, for some reason, God gave Merlin the gift to look into the future while his father's blood gave him the ability to look into the past (he used this to save his mother, and never used it again as it was the devil's gift). Why didn't God do the same thing for Gowther? He gave Merlin a fighting chance to be good, but said screw it, live a life of bloodshed until you're so tainted you need to eat food that comes from a dog's mouth and never speak until you've done your penance? What the heck?
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