Quote: "Tais-toi, jamais je ne trouverai le pareil"
Resume: Yvain conquers Esclados le Roux, guardian of the magic fountain and wants the love of his wife.
To begin, La Dame is distraught over the loss of her beloved husband and believes he is irreplacable. "Jamais je n'obtiendrai de Dieu un aussi bon mari", she says. Yvain takes it upon himself to convince her that her saddness will pass and that the death of her husband is actually a good thing. Yvain desires her love now and with the help of her hand-maid, Lunette, he succeeds. Lunette convinces her mistress that Yvain is not a vilian but a very noble individual. He is someone that is above her former husband and can carry out all the responsibilites as Lord of that land. It finishes with Yvain conquering the heart of La Dame.
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What a story! I guess when someone wants something, he/she will do anything to get it. In case of Ivain, he did everything to win La Dame's heart. What's interesting to me is that he even said it's better for her that her husband died. Plus, his friend told La Dame as well that Ivain is far better than her husband.
None of this could have transpired without the cunning manipulation of the dame's advisor. Her role was instrumental and subtly forceful in the whole scenario.
I found it a bit comical that the second la dame finds out that Yvain is of noble/royal descent, she is suddenly not only ready, but impatient to meet him! "Et quand pourrons-nous le voir?" Granted, her opinion of him was already taking a 180, but any doubts about his character or capabilities seemed to have been washed away by this crucial detail.
I can't believe that she fell in love with him even after he confessed to killing her husband. I think that if that were me I would be running away from the force of that love Yvain claims to have. I would feel like his love was suffocating,dangerous, and crazy. Especially when he says "et que je veux mourir ou vivre pour vous: a vous de decider."
It was a really interesting story. The influence that the dame's servant has on her was, in some ways, strange, but also amazing. She led the dame to start actually loving Yvain before she met him. It seemed kind of like the dame could have been a person that was easily influenced by others. Gives into peer pressure.
For claiming to love her husband so much it didn't really take long for her to get over him and take his killer as her new husband. Her advisor or friend was very pursuasive though. Also, what woman wouldn't fall in love with a knight that used the words of love that Yvain used in the end of the story?
I thought it was an interesting insight to the roles and relationships between the different social structures of the time period. We see the influence of Lunette, the codes and regulations of Les Chevaliers, and jurisdiction of nobles.
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