Lai le Freine Quotes Flashcards
What does the mother do?
She ‘spac this wordes of felonine’ and makes accusations of ‘deshonour’
How is the mother of the twin boys characterised?
Uses the additional adjective ‘milde’ to emphasise the contrast
How the decision to marry Le Codre changes?
In the original he wanted ‘an heir to inherit his land’ and the possibility of his knights refusing to ‘serve him willingly’
In this version it is because the ‘Holy Chirche commandeth eke’
The prologue
22 line prologue is added to the tale to explain the tradition and thematic content of the lais, suggesting most are about reciprocal love
‘mest o love for sothe thai beth’
Guroun’s sexual love for Le Freine is made explicit?
He explicitly wants ‘to have hir to his leman’ whereas this is only hinted at in the original his landed knights only assume she is his ‘concubine’
Le Freine does not have only sexual love for Guroun?
This is seen in the heroic couplet ‘and thus sche lad with him hir liif / right as sche hadde ben his wedded wiif’. This is supported by the omittance of the line about her becoming pregnant under her aunt’s roof
Le Freine’s name?
‘of an ashe for sothe it is’
