Emotions In Iais Of Marie De France

There are numerous emotional states of expression carried throughout Iais of Marie de France, all which emphasize on lionizing the concept of chivalrous love. All of these emotions are experienced by the quests of the main characters. These emotions are immense including, fear, secretes, and envy, to cheerfulness and joy, all including what love really is... a chaos and whirlwind of emotions. In the summary it is stated that, “Marie’s twelve lays are short romances … each of them deals with a single events or crisis in the affairs of lovers” (142). These several emotions are described and expressed through the author’s word choice and actions of her characters. 2. In the story of Milun, a beautiful girl, the daughter of a nobleman, initiates

The messengers and messages play a significant role in Milun. The key character’s love has to be secreted and the only way to communicate is through the help of the messengers and by them sending of the gifts and riches, to show the couples hidden love. All of these messages hold the fate of their love and relationship in just one letter or present. “He gave rich gifts the messenger promising him his friendship” (35). They help drive the narrative because have of the story the couple has to speak in messages and the messengers along with the servants help aid in this secret

The descriptive passage in Milun concerning the bedding of the baby son is of great importance. This is the secret son of the great knight Milun and the baby should be treated as such righteousness no matter who the baby is raised is by. “… beneath his head they placed a fine pillow and over him a coverlet, hemmed around with marten fur” (100). This baby is almost royalty and it is of serious importance it be treated grandly.

6. Arthur unlike other tales is not depicted as a brave man hero, in the tale of Lanval. He is seen more like the antagonist to the main character, the knight Lanval. In some ways this appears to be an undercut to the values of Arthurian romance because there is a lot of mischievous and anger throughout this tale and, “following this cluster, play fascinating games with classic romance structure” (142). This tale adds a spin on the classic romance. It upholds the stereo-type though by of course the nature of the love affairs taking place.

7. From the opening lines of Chevrefoil there is attention drawn that the text was both written and oral sources of the Lai. This is derived from an old myth; I believe the sources of the story come from romance lover’s audience. This is the classic twist of suspenseful hardship love and overcoming battles to be together. She writes, “With the two of them it was as it is with honey suckle that attaches to the tree, but if someone tries to separate them, the hazel dries quickly” 60-70). Beautifully, comparing their