Tuesday, January 29, 2013
It could have been worse
I feel sorry for the Lady rather than the Barron. I think the ending, having the Lady become a nun and the Barron a monk is the moral of the story. She had an affair, he killed her lover without knowing it. The lady is rather bold in her invitation to the Knight. I think it's great that considering the time, the only thing that happened to her was being branded and becoming a nun. The Barron could have very easily, and in that time semi-legitimately, killed her. Despite the fact she became a nun and he never spoke again, they both got off easily.
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It could have been much worse. It's probably a miracle the Baron didn't kill her as well. Adultery pretty much ensured that a person's life was ruined back then. There was little else she could have done but become a nun.
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