ENGL 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Illuminated Manuscript, Dream Vision, Elegy
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Constance goes from rome to syria to north umberland back to rome. Starts off the story, goes through multiple tests, returns pure: female saints often get tests much more than male saints, usually passively suffering. Constance has things done to her rather than her doing things: king allah has knight swear on bible that constance murdered the lady. God kills knight for lying: constance is still passive here, constance has a baby with the king. Writes a letter to husband while he"s away: mother intercepts letter and rewrites it, does the same thing with the kings return letter, after being banished constance leaves with maurice. Banished by mother: said it was what king wanted. It wasn"t actually: constance is put in same ship they found her in. Everyone is crying: different from syria where no one wanted her. Has child with her: puts him to sleep because he"s crying.
